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Heart Medications in Duchenne: Protecting the Heart Before Symptoms
The heart needs protecting in Duchenne, often before symptoms. How medicines like ACE inhibitors and beta blockers help, when they start, and why early matters.
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Female Carriers and Cardiomyopathy in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Female carriers of DMD: manifesting carriers, cardiac involvement, why surveillance matters even for asymptomatic mothers, and what to ask the team.
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Cardiac MRI in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Cardiac MRI in DMD: late gadolinium enhancement, early fibrosis detection, when it is used, and why it changes the cardiac surveillance plan.
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Heart Care in Duchenne: Why Monitoring Starts Early
DMD cardiomyopathy is now the leading cause of death in Duchenne. Early heart monitoring and cardio-protective therapy are core to current standards of care.