Abstract
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disease characterized by the lack of dystrophin and progressive skeletal and cardiac muscles degeneration. In DMD and in the mdx mice model of DMD, heart and diaphragm are severely affected showing extensive fibrosis and loss of function. Cardiomyopathy is an increasing cause of death in DMD. However, while some drugs show positive effects i…