The term muscular dystrophy (MD) comprises various neuromuscular disorders that are
characterised by progressive muscle weakness affecting certain muscle groups, which are …

Aims Cardiac involvement in myopathies that primarily affect the skeletal muscle is variable
and may be subtle, necessitating sensitive diagnostic approaches. Here, we describe the …

Acute chest pain and nonspecific chest symptoms in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
patients may be signs of myocardial injury and decline in cardiac function. Detailed clinical …

Cardiomyopathies (CMPs) are diseases of the heart muscle. They include a variety of
myocardial disorders that manifest with various structural and functional phenotypes and are …

Cardiomyopathies (CMPs) are a heterogeneous group of diseases that involve the
myocardium and result in systolic or diastolic impairment of the cardiac muscle, potentially …

Background: Magnetic resonance is a physical property of a nucleus that has an odd
number of protons or neutrons. The most abundant such nucleus in the body is the hydrogen …

Cardiomyopathies are defined as diseases of the myocardium associated with cardiac
dysfunction. Patients who have cardiomyopathy are classified into ischemic cardiomyopathy …

Technetium-99m-methoxy isobutyl isonitrile (99m Tc-MIBI) myocardial perfusion imaging
(MPI) is a functional imaging method with relatively poor specificity but high sensitivity …

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has long been recognized as an accurate and
reliable means of evaluating cardiac anatomy and ventricular function. Considerable …

Abstract Background The current Risk Score for Life-Threatening Ventricular
Tachyarrhythmias (LTVT) in LMNA cardiomyopathy does not consider the frequent …