Reply to Letter to the Editor: “Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in the Setting of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: More Questions Than Answers”

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ÖNCÜL M., KARAKURT C., ELKIRAN Ö., HİDAYET S., Maras S. A.

The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology, cilt.27, sa.2, ss.119-120, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Editöre Mektup
  • Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.14744/anatoljcardiol.2022.2490
  • Dergi Adı: The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.119-120
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

To the Editors, Thank you for your attention and interest in our manuscript.1 Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe, progressive, muscle-wasting disease that leads to difficulties with movement and eventually to the need for assisted ventilation and premature death. The disease is caused by mutations encoding dystrophin that abolish the production of dystrophin in muscle. Dystrophin is a cytoskeleton protein. That is why DMD primarily affects muscle cells and it does not affect vascular structures. Therefore, no association of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) has been reported.