title: Cardiac involvement of progressive muscular dystrophy (Becker type, Limb-girdle type and Fukuyama type) evaluated by radionuclide method.
abstract: Tl-201 SPECT and Tc-99m-Human serum albumin (HSA) multigated radionuclide ventriculography were performed on 11 patients with progressive muscular dystrophy (Becker type 2, Fukuyama type 2, Limb-girdle type 7) to evaluate myocardial involvement. Hypoperfusion was detected in 8 patients on Tl-201 SPECT. Decreases in both systolic function (left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEF) and diastolic function (peak filling rate; PFR) were also seen in these patients. A high incidence of myocardial involvement of these kinds of progressive muscular dystrophy was suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Miyazaki Higashi National Sanatorium, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagamachi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jinnouchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoshi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Futami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes