title: Be careful about abdominal discomfort in adult patients with muscular dystrophy.
abstract: Muscular dystrophies are genetic muscular disease with disability. Heart failure is a classical complication mainly in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). We report 2 cases of severe acute heart failure revealed by abdominal discomfort in a patient with DMD and in a patient with gamma-sarcoglycanopathy.
authors.affiliation: Raymond-Poincaré hospital, AP-HP, university of Versailles SQY, 104, boulevard Raymond-Poincaré, 92380 Garches, France. Electronic address: fayssoil2000@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fayssoil
authors.affiliation: Raymond-Poincaré hospital, AP-HP, university of Versailles SQY, 104, boulevard Raymond-Poincaré, 92380 Garches, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ritzenthaler
authors.affiliation: Raymond-Poincaré hospital, AP-HP, university of Versailles SQY, 104, boulevard Raymond-Poincaré, 92380 Garches, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Luis
authors.affiliation: Raymond-Poincaré hospital, AP-HP, university of Versailles SQY, 104, boulevard Raymond-Poincaré, 92380 Garches, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hullin
authors.affiliation: Raymond-Poincaré hospital, AP-HP, university of Versailles SQY, 104, boulevard Raymond-Poincaré, 92380 Garches, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Clair
authors.affiliation: Raymond-Poincaré hospital, AP-HP, university of Versailles SQY, 104, boulevard Raymond-Poincaré, 92380 Garches, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Annane
authors.affiliation: Raymond-Poincaré hospital, AP-HP, university of Versailles SQY, 104, boulevard Raymond-Poincaré, 92380 Garches, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Orlikowski
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000150:complications*; D058088:Sarcoglycanopathies / Q000150:complications*
keywords: Acute heart failure; Ascite; Ascites; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Gamma-sarcoglycanopathie; Gamma-sarcoglycanopathy; Insuffisance cardiaque aiguë; Myopathie de Duchenne