%0 Case Reports
%T Rapidly progressive heart failure requiring transplantation in muscular dystrophy: a need for frequent screening.
%A Pick JM
%A Ellis ZD
%A Alejos JC
%A Chang AC
%J Cardiol Young
%V 27
%N 9
%D Nov 2017
%M 28689515
%F 1.023
%R 10.1017/S1047951117001251
%X Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy weakens both skeletal and cardiac muscles, but the rate of cardiomyopathic progression can accelerate faster than that of skeletal muscles. A 14-year-old boy with Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy presented with mild skeletal myopathy but severe cardiomyopathy requiring heart transplantation within 1 year of declining heart function. These patients need frequent screening regardless of musculoskeletal symptoms.