Myocardial fibrosis of the left ventricular posterior wall can be a target for early detection of cardiac involvement in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Department of Cardiology, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan. Electronic address: abeyukio@aol.com.
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D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017770:Lifting; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000503:physiopathology*
Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Echocardiography; Myocardial fibrosis; Strain; Tissue Doppler imaging