Genetic abnormalities responsible for dilated cardiomyopathy.

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Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a disorder in which left ventricular dilation and dysfunction leads to congestive heart failure, is inherited in over 30% of cases. The underlying genetic mechanisms are slowly being unraveled, with multiple genes recently identified as causing DCM in some patients. The genes identified to date appear to encode proteins that either support the cytoskeleton or interact with the...

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