Blood Pressure Medication Slows Heart Fibrosis, and Probably Heart Disease, in MD Patients
Treating Duchenne and Becker’s muscular dystrophy patients with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) blocking drugs at early disease stages may slow the development of heart fibrosis and, as a consequence, offer patients a better prognosis. Those findings are in the study “Myocardial Fibrosis Progression in Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy,” which was published…