title: [Dilated cardiomyopathy in a patient with Becker's muscular dystrophy. A clinical case report].
abstract: The authors report a case of dilated cardiomyopathy caused by a muscular dystrophy, namely Becker's disease. The peculiarity of this case is the fact that the patient has lived enough time to have clinical manifestations of myocardiopathy because, in general, in this myopathy, the affected males have a short life and the early myocardial involvement is rare. A particular attention is paid to the need of consulting the cardiac patients not forgetting an eventual causal systemic disease and to the crucial importance of the genetic counselling in that kind of diseases.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pais
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fortuna
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Relvas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Simões
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D016189:Dystrophin / Q000235:genetics; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D010375:Pedigree
chemical_list: D016189:Dystrophin
vernacular_title: Cardiomiopatia dilatada em doente com distrofia muscular de Becker. Apresentação de um caso clínico.