Selected Publications
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Olivieri LJ, Kellman P, McCarter RJ, Cross RR, Hansen MS, Spurney CF. "Native T1 values identify myocardial changes and stratify disease severity in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy." J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2016 Oct 28;18(1):72.
Punnoose AR, Kaltman JR, Pastor W, McCarter R, He J, Spurney CF. "Cardiac Disease Burden and Risk of Mortality in Hospitalized Muscular Dystrophy Patients." Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Oct;37(7):1290-6. doi: 10.1007/s00246-016-1432-5.
Duan D, Rafael-Fortney JA, Blain A, Kass DA, McNally EM, Metzger JM, Spurney CF, Kinnett K. "Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Evaluating the Heart in Preclinical Studies of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy." J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2016 Feb;9(1):85-6. doi: 10.1007/s12265-015-9669-6.
Dillingham BC, Benny Klimek ME, Gernapudi R, Rayavarapu S, Gallardo E, Van der Meulen JH, Jordan S, Ampong B, Gordish-Dressman H, Spurney CF, Nagaraju K. "Inhibition of inflammation with celastrol fails to improve muscle function in dysferlin-deficient A/J mice." J Neurol Sci. 2015 Sep 15;356(1-2):157-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.06.042.
McNally EM, Kaltman JR, Benson DW, Canter CE, Cripe LH, Duan D, Finder JD, Groh WJ, Hoffman EP, Judge DP, Kertesz N, Kinnett K, Kirsch R, Metzger JM, Pearson GD, Rafael-Fortney JA, Raman SV, Spurney CF, Targum SL, Wagner KR, Markham LW; Working Group of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.; Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy. "Contemporary cardiac issues in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Working Group of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in collaboration with Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy." Circulation. 2015 May 5;131(18):1590-8. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.015151.
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