CMR detects subclinical cardiomyopathy in mother-carriers of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Apr;6(4):526-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.09.017.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Asymptomatic Diseases
  • Cardiomyopathies / genetics
  • Cardiomyopathies / pathology*
  • Cardiomyopathies / physiopathology
  • Contrast Media
  • Female
  • Fibrosis
  • Gadolinium DTPA
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Heterozygote*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Mothers*
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / complications
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / genetics*
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • Phenotype
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Stroke Volume
  • Ventricular Function, Left

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • Gadolinium DTPA