Chest pain and troponin elevation in a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Acute myocardial infarction or progression of Duchenne cardiomyopathy
HUANG Yuan
WANG Qiao-zhu
ZHANG Wen-qian
GAO Deng-feng
摘要：INTRODUCTION
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked disorder and presents in boys of early childhood with proximal muscle weakness,calf hypertrophy and markedly elevated creatine kinase levels.Weakness in DMD is progressive,and ambulation is lost early in the second decade1.The main clinical features of the patients are the proximal muscle weakness and atrophy,unusual walking posture,and stunted growth.In addition,some severe patients are accompanied with mental decline,chronic respiratory insufficiency and heart function impairment.Cardiac manifestations include dilated cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias1.Relatively,it is rare of DMD patients with sudden acute myocardial infarction in clinical practice2-5.
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论文发表日期：2017-10-01
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
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