Golden Retriever dogs manifest an X-linked, Duchenne-like, muscular dystrophy with a
characteristic lack of dystrophin. Histologic findings have demonstrated the cardiac
involvement in these dogs to be a model for the cardiac insufficiency in human Duchenne
muscular dystrophy (DMD). The goal of this study was to assess the capability of
radionuclide angiography (RNA) as an assessment tool to measure the ventricular
dysfunction in these dogs. Three dogs, one normal and two with muscular dystrophy (MD) …