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Apical left ventricular aneurysm without atrio-ventricular block due to a lamin A/C gene mutation.
European journal of heart failure - 1 Dec 2003
Forissier Jean-François, Bonne Gisèle, Bouchier Christiane, Duboscq-Bidot Laetitia, Richard Pascale, Wisnewski Claudine, Briault Sylvain, Moraine Claude, Dubourg Olivier, Schwartz Ketty, Komajda Michel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in LMNA gene encoding two ubiquitously expressed nuclear proteins, lamins A and C, give rise to up to 7 different pathologies affecting specific tissues. Three of these disorders affect cardiac and/or skeletal muscles with atrio-ventricular conduction disturbances, dilated cardiomyopathy and sudden cardiac death as common features. RESULTS: A new LMNA mutation (1621C>T, R541C) was found in...
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