Why the study?
Does myocardial strain imaging by tissue Doppler echocardiography detect early subclinical myocardial involvement in patients with Duchenne's progressive muscular dystrophy?
Population
25 patients with Duchenne's progressive muscular dystrophy with normal left ventricular shortening fraction…
Comparison
Myocardial strain imaging by tissue Doppler… vs Age-matched healthy controls
Design
Case-control
Authors
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May support strain imaging for subclinical DMD detection; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Does myocardial strain imaging by tissue Doppler echocardiography detect early subclinical myocardial involvement in patients with Duchenne's progressive muscular dystrophy?
Myocardial strain imaging by tissue Doppler echocardiography can detect early subclinical regional myocardial dysfunction in DMD patients despite normal standard echocardiographic findings.
Mori et al. (2007) studied this question.