For many neuromuscular diseases (NMDs), cardiac disease represents a major cause of
morbidity and mortality. The management of cardiac disease in NMDs is made challenging …

Background Aortic-root dissection is the leading cause of death in Marfan's syndrome.
Studies suggest that with regard to slowing aortic-root enlargement, losartan may be more …

Muscular Dystrophy, convened a Working Group meeting on July 2014, in Bethesda, MD, to
explore clinical and research questions related to cardiac disease in patients with DMD. As …

Kawasaki disease is the most common childhood vasculitis in the USA and the most
common cause of acquired cardiac disease in children in developed countries. Since the …

Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the natural history of occult cardiac dysfunction in
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Background: Duchenne muscular dystrophy is …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by a predictable decline in cardiac
function with age that contributes to early death. Although corticosteroids are a clinically …

Purpose: Thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD) is typically inherited in an
autosomal dominant manner, but rare X-linked families have been described. So far, the …

Background Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) cardiomyopathy is a progressive disease
for which there is no cure. Disease-specific therapies are needed that can be initiated before …

Cardiac disease is now the leading cause of death in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
Clinical evaluations over time have demonstrated asymptomatic cardiac troponin elevations …

Sinus tachycardia is common in cases of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The authors
hypothesized that an elevated heart rate would herald cardiomyopathy onset. A …