Cardiac Complications of Fukuyama-Type Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

Abstract

The course of left ventricular function was evaluated using M-mode and Doppler echocardiography in 34 patients with Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD), in a study at the Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

Keywords

• fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy
• duchenne muscular dystrophy
• cardiomyopathy