Rapidly Progressive Heart Failure in a Female Carrier of Becker Muscular Dystrophy with No Skeletal Muscle Symptoms

Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) carriers are at risk to developing cardiac dysfunction. The prevalence of female BMD carriers remains underestimated, and the disease progression varies. We herein report the case of a young female BMD carrier who developed dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and heart failu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal Medicine 2019/09/01, Vol.58(17), pp.2545-2549
Hauptverfasser:	Komoriyama, Hirokazu, Fukushima, Arata, Takahashi, Yumi, Kinugawa, Shintaro, Sera, Fusako, Ohtani, Tomohito, Nakamura, Akinori, Sakata, Yasushi, Anzai, Toshihisa
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Becker muscular dystrophy Becker's muscular dystrophy Cardiomyopathy Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - diagnosis Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - etiology Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - therapy Case Report Congestive heart failure Dilated cardiomyopathy Disease Progression Dystrophy Female female carrier Genetic screening Heart failure Heart Failure - diagnosis Heart Failure - etiology Heart Failure - therapy Heart-Assist Devices Heterozygote Humans Implantation Internal medicine left ventricular assist device Muscles Muscular dystrophy Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne - complications Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne - genetics Musculoskeletal system Skeletal muscle Ventricle
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