[Genetics and dilated cardiomyopathy].

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Dilated cardiomyopathy is characterised by dilatation associated with ventricular dysfunction and represents the leading cause of cardiac transplantation. The aetiology of dilated cardiomyopathy is either multifactorial (about 70% of cases) with genetic and environmental components or monogenic (about 30% of cases) by autosomal dominant transmission. One of the features of this cardiomyopathy is its very wide...

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