Open Access<p>Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Diameter and Cardiac Mortality in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy</p>
Author(s) -
Kazuhiko Segawa,
Norio Sugawara,
Kazushi Maruo,
Kôichi Kimura,
Hirofumi Komaki,
Yūji Takahashi,
Masayuki Sasaki
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s235166
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , cardiology , duchenne muscular dystrophy , pulmonary hypertension , diastole , mitral regurgitation , blood pressure
This study aimed to examine weather left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVDd) could predict mortality from heart failure in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) receiving standard cardio-protective therapies.