Prevalence and associated factors of myocardial involvement in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients in the first decade of life.

Author: Rong XU ¹ ; Huayan XU ¹ ; Kun ZHANG ¹ ; Hong XU ² ; Hui LIU ³ ; Hang FU ¹ ; Linjun XIE ¹ ; Ke XU ¹ ; Chuan FU ¹ ; Xuesheng LI ¹ ; Xiaoyue ZHOU ⁴ ; Rajiv ANANTHAKRISHNA ⁵ ; Joseph B SELVANAYAGAM ⁵ ; Li YU ⁶ ; Xiaotang CAI ⁷ ; Yingkun GUO ¹
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1. Department of Radiology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Key Laboratory of Obstetric & Gynecologic and Pediatric Diseases and Birth Defects of Ministry of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
2. Department of Ultrasound, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
3. Department of Radiology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 510040, China.
4. MR Collabration, Siemens Healthineers Ltd., Shanghai 210001, China.
5. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
6. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
7. Department of Pediatrics Neurology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
Publication Type:Letter
MeSH: Humans; Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/epidemiology*; Prevalence; Myocardium
From: Chinese Medical Journal 2023;136(9):1132-1134
CountryChina
Language:English