Genes, calcium and modifying factors in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

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1. Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) is a primary disorder of the myocardium characterized by remarkable diversity in clinical presentations, ranging from no symptoms to severe heart failure and sudden cardiac death. 2. Over the past 15 years, at least 11 genes have been identified, defects of which cause FHC. Most of these genes encode proteins that comprise the basic contractile unit of the heart (i.e....

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