"An Ounce of Prevention…"

Eleanor Greiner^{1

2}, Chet R Villa^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Editorial

Eleanor Greiner et al. Muscle Nerve. 2025 Jun.

. 2025 Jun;71(6):925-927.

doi: 10.1002/mus.28395. Epub 2025 Mar 17.

Eleanor Greiner^{1

2}, Chet R Villa^{1

2}

¹ Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Duchenne muscular dystrophy; angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitor; cardiomyopathy; heart failure.

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