Muscular dystrophy.
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چکیده
MANY observers have reported pathologic changes in the myoeardium of patients with muscular dystrophy similar to those in the skeletal muscles.'-8 Clinical evidence of involvement of the heart has also been noted, consisting of persistent tachycardia,9 10 arrhythmias,10 congestive heart failure, chest pain, cardiac enlargement, changes in heart sounds, murmurs, electrocardiographic alterations suggestive of diffuse myocardial involvement, and sudden death.7 8,11 In an attempt to characterize further the cardiovascular system in muscular dystrophy we have performed right heart catheterizations in patients inl various stages of the disease.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Tanpakushitsu kakusan koso. Protein, nucleic acid, enzyme
دوره 42 14 Suppl شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1951