Blood Pressure Medicine Combo Helps Slow Heart Decline in DMD Study

A treatment combination of two blood pressure medicines can help slow heart function decline in males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a single center study suggests. These findings support international guidelines that recommend the use of cardiac medications to help stabilize heart function in DMD. The study, “…

Progression of Myocardial Fibrosis in MD Patients Slowed with ACE Inhibitors

Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy treated with ACE inhibitors inhibitors (drugs that dilate blood vessels) had slower progression of myocardial fibrosis than those treated with usual care. The study with the findings, “Myocardial Fibrosis Progression in Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” is…