Clinical research: heart transplantationMolecular normalization of dystrophin in the failing left and right ventricle of patients treated with either pulsatile or continuous flow-type ventricular assist devices☆
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Abbreviations
BMD
Becker muscular dystrophy
DAPC
dystrophin-associated protein complex
DMD
Duchenné muscular dystrophy
HF
heart failure
IHD
ischemic cardiomyopathy
LV
left ventricle/ventricular
LVAD
left ventricular assist device
N
amino
RV
right ventricle/ventricular
XLCM
X-linked form of dilated cardiomyopathy
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This work was funded by grants from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (M.V. and J.A.T.); the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) D.M. 26.01.2001 #13 (M.V.); the American Heart Association (N.E.B.); the Muscular Dystrophy Association (J.A.T.); the John Patrick Albright Foundation (J.A.T.); and the Abercrombie Pediatric Cardiology Fund of Texas Children's Hospital (M.V.). Dr. Towbin is also supported by the Texas Children's Hospital Foundation Chair in Pediatric Molecular Cardiology Research.
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