Dystrophin-Deficient Cardiomyopathy

contributed to the increase of DMD cardiomyopathy due to the increased survival and advanced age of patients with DMD (21,31). The incidence of cardio-myopathy in DMD increases with age. Although it is estimated that 25% of boys have cardiomyopathy at 6 years of age and 59% by 10 years of age, cardiac involvement is nearly ubiquitous in older ... ................
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