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The mechanisms driving cardiac disease progression in muscular dystrophy remain complex and poorly understood.
Does acute ventricular preload challenge induce calcium handling dysfunction and cardiac damage in dystrophin-deficient mice?
Does acute ventricular preload challenge induce calcium handling dysfunction and cardiac damage in dystrophin-deficient mice?
This preclinical study supports the calcium-overload hypothesis as a mechanism for cardiac disease progression and arrhythmogenesis in muscular dystrophy.
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Hypothesis-generating in a mouse model; does not yet inform clinical management of muscular dystrophy cardiomyopathy.
The mechanisms of cardiac disease progression in muscular dystrophy are complex and poorly understood. Using a transgenic mouse model with cardiomyocyte-specific expression of the GCaMP6f Ca 2+ indicator, the present study provides further support for the Ca 2+ -overload hypothesis of disease progression and ventricular arrhythmogenesis in muscular dystrophy.
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