January 1, 1987Japanese Heart JournalOpen Access

Clinical features and cardiopulmonary function of patients with atrophic heart in duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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Population

23 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, including 5 with atrophic heart and 18 controls with normal…

Design

Case-control

Follow-up

over 5 years (for definition of atrophic heart)

Authors

SMSuguru MatsuokaKwansei Gakuin University KIKunio IiSaiseikai Matsuyama Hospital HAHiroshi AkitaTohoku Institute of Technology

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Implication

Atrophic heart signals greater impairment in DMD; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective studies before informing care.

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Population

23 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), including 5 with atrophic heart (defined as marked decrease in left ventricular end-diastolic volume over >5 years) and 18 controls with normal left ventricular cavity size.

Comparator

18 DMD patients with a normal left ventricular cavity size

Outcome

Cardiopulmonary function assessed by echocardiography and spirometrysurrogate

DMD patients with atrophic heart exhibit significantly reduced cardiopulmonary function and severe motor disability compared to those with normal left ventricular cavity size.

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Matsuoka et al. (1987) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a95b816fbedde85bb420afb https://doi.org/10.1536/ihj.28.687

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Echocardiography Cardiomyopathy

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Clinical features and cardiopulmonary function of patients with atrophic heart in duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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Structured PICO

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Clinical features and cardiopulmonary function of patients with atrophic heart in duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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