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Viagra May Protect Hearts of Some Muscular Dystrophy Patients
Date:5/12/2008

wik, medical director and vice president of research at the Muscular Dystrophy Association, said there's a need for new approaches to the treatment of heart failure in patients with Duchenne and other forms of muscular dystrophy.

"The findings presented by these authors are interesting and certainly have potential clinical implications for the various forms of dystrophinopathy [heart damage]," she said, adding that heart failure is a major cause of illness and death in late-stage Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

"At the present time, there is no consensus or standard of care for optimal management of the cardiac complications of dystrophinopathies, and further research in this area is clearly needed," Cwik said.

While Viagra hasn't been tested in humans to see if it benefits muscular dystrophy patients, it has been available for years and appears to be safe, Cwik noted.

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For more on muscular dystrophy, visit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.



SOURCES: Christine Des Rosiers, Ph.D., professor, department of nutrition, University of Montreal, Canada; Valerie A. Cwik, M.D., medical director and vice president, research, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Tucson, Ariz.; May 13-16, 2008, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences


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