Publications by authors named "Katie L Lutz"

Introduction: Reported frequencies of cardiomyopathy in limb girdle muscular dystrophy R9 (LGMDR9) vary. We describe the frequency and age at onset of cardiomyopathy in an LDMDR9 cohort.

Methods: Echocardiograms from 56 subjects (157 echocardiograms) with LGMDR9 were retrospectively reviewed.

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Objective: To describe the hearing loss in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and examine the relationship to genotype.

Methods: Medical records of all individuals with FSHD seen at the University of Iowa neuromuscular clinic between July 2006 and July 2012 (n = 59) were reviewed. Eleven had significant hearing loss and no non-FSHD cause.

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