Left bundle branch block in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Prevalence, genetic relationship and prognosis.

Abdallah FayssoilRabah Ben YaouAdam OgnaCendrine ChaffautFrance LeturcqOlivier NardiKarim WahbiDenis DubocFrederic LofasoHelene PrigentBernard ClairPascal CrennGuillaume NicolasPascal LaforetAnthony BehinSylvie ChevretDavid OrlikowskiDjillali Annane

Published in: PloS one (2018)

LBBB is relatively frequent in DMD and is a major predictive factor for cardiac events and mortality. Presence of residual dystrophin protein was not associated with a lower incidence of cardiac events.

Keyphrases

duchenne muscular dystrophy
risk factors
left ventricular
muscular dystrophy
genome wide
gene expression
coronary artery disease
type diabetes
protein protein