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The late systolic murmur that can come with pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy, or duchennes md... what causes the murmur? valve? thanks.
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MD Murmur: In patients with pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy or becker's muscular dystrophy, mitral valve prolapse and late systolic murmur are indications of cardiac involvement and result from fibrosis of the posterior left ventricular wall.
Answered 8/21/2013
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