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The disclosure provides methods for treating muscular dystrophy (MD), such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) or Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) in a mammalian subject. The methods are particularly useful for treating, inhibiting, reducing, ameliorating or delaying the onset of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, heart failure and/or cardiac fibrosis in subjects diagnosed with, and/or being treated for, MD.The methods comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of a peptide such as H-D-Arg-2,6-Dmt-Lys-PHe-NH₂ (a.k.a. elamipretide), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate and/or tautomer thereof, optionally in combination with at least one other active ingredient (i.e. drug) such a corticosteroid, ACE inhibitor, ARB(s), beta-blocker or drug that increases or corrects the expression of dystrophin in the subject (e.g. Eteplirsen (Exondys 51®), Golodirsen (Vyondys 53™)) or Casimersen (Amondys 45™).

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