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[High-risk hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with a novel mutation in cardiac Myosin-binding protein C].
Revista espanola de cardiologia - 1 Mar 2007
García-Pavía Pablo, Segovia Javier, Molano Jesús, Mora Roberto, Kontny Frederic, Erik Berge Knut, Leren Trond P, Alonso-Pulpón Luis
Abstract excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an autosomal dominant inherited disease characterized by ventricular hypertrophy and myofibril disarray. Mutations responsible for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have been identified in 11 genes that encode for cardiac sarcomere proteins. Traditionally, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy due to mutation of the myosin-binding protein C gene (MYBPC3) has been thought to follow a benign course....
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