With the developments in ultrasound transducer technology and both hardware and
software computing, real-time volumetric imaging has become widely available …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common and severe form of muscular
dystrophy and occurs in 1 in 3500 male births. Improved survival due to improvements in …

Recent developments in echocardiographic imaging technology and processing enabled
the quantification of myocardial motion and deformation in a clinical setting …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic, progressive neuromuscular condition
that is marked by the long-term muscle deterioration with significant implications of …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive neuromuscular disease caused by
mutations to the dystrophin gene, resulting in deficiency of dystrophin protein, loss of …

BACKGROUND: Myocardial deformation parameters obtained by speckle-tracking
echocardiography (STE) and color Doppler tissue imaging (CDTI) using two different …

In recent years, the role of left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) as the gold standard
parameter for the evaluation of systolic function has been questioned, and many efforts have …

Early mortality in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is related to cardiac and respiratory
complications. A phase IIa double-blind randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial was …

BACKGROUND: Ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm infants causes
profound hemodynamic changes that can result in low cardiac output syndrome and …

Abstract Background Becker-Kiener muscular dystrophy (BMD) represents an X-linked
genetic disease associated with myocardial involvement potentially resulting in dilated …