title: [Morphometric heart changes and left ventricular function in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy].
abstract: Heart lesion is characteristic in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, however there is no unanimous opinion about its appearance time.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate early changes of the left ventricular morphometric parameters, systolic and diastolic function for the children with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy and to compare with the same age healthy children's data.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighteen patients with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy and 15 same age healthy boys were investigated. Mean age - 11 years. Echocardiography was performed in all cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There were no changes of the left ventricular morphometric parameters, systolic and diastolic function observed in young age patients with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Children Diseases, Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital, Eiveniu 2, 3007 Kaunas, Lithuania. zika@delfi.lt
authors.forename: Zivile
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Katlioriene
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003971:Diastole; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013599:Systole; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left