{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: Rapidly progressive heart failure requiring transplantation in muscular dystrophy: a need for frequent screening.
{Author}: Pick JM;Ellis ZD;Alejos JC;Chang AC;
{Journal}: Cardiol Young
{Volume}: 27
{Issue}: 9
{Year}: Nov 2017
{Factor}: 1.023
{DOI}: 10.1017/S1047951117001251
{Abstract}: 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.