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TEE tool at Vanderbilt used to monitor patients before and after surgery
November 22, 2022

Risk score for muscular dystrophy

An imaging-based risk score can identify patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who are at greater risk of early mortality, allowing more intensive treatment and potentially prolonging life.

By Kelsey Pinckard
Stylized red heart with a stethoscope draped across it.
March 28, 2019

Cardiac dysfunction in DMD

The protein MMP7 is elevated in blood from patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who have cardiac dysfunction, suggesting that it may be a biomarker for heart disease severity.

By Leigh MacMillan
Rows of labeled blood collection tubes with purple caps arranged in a laboratory storage rack.
February 9, 2018

Muscular dystrophy clue

Vanderbilt investigators have discovered a role for immune system T cells in slowing the decline in skeletal muscle function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

By Meredith Jackson