Methods| The source cohort is a Johns Hopkins Hospital institutional review board–
approved prospective open cohort of consecutive patients with MMD referred to the …

Cardiomyopathies are chronic progressive myocardial diseases with distinct morphological,
functional, and/or electrophysiological characteristics. On clinical, morphological, and …

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background
Ventricular arrhythmias in athletes represent an important issue in sport eligibility as they …

Background: In patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICMP), cardiovascular
magnetic resonance (CMR) provides valuable information about the etiology of the …

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background The
incidence of cardiomyopathy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) increases with age …

Cardiomyopathies (CMPs) are a group of myocardial disorders that are characterized by
structural and functional abnormalities of the heart muscle. These abnormalities occur in the …

Introduction. Myopathies are heterogeneous neuromuscular diseases of genetic and/or
inflammatory etiology that affect both cardiac and skeletal muscle. We investigated the …

Background: Early detection of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction before the onset of overt
Duchenne muscular dystrophy–associated cardiomyopathy (DMDAC) may direct clinical …

Muscular disorders are mainly characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness.
There are several aspects that can be monitored, which are used to differentiate between …

Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) with its higher spatial resolution is considered the gold
standard for evaluating ventricular mass, volumes, and ejection fraction. CMR can be used …