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Severe heart failure and early mortality in a double-mutation mouse model of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Circulation - 8 Apr 2008
Tsoutsman Tatiana, Kelly Matthew, Ng Dominic C H, Tan Ju-En, Tu Emily, Lam Lien, Bogoyevitch Marie A, Seidman Christine E, Seidman J G, Semsarian Christopher
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BACKGROUND: Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) is characterized by genetic and clinical heterogeneity. Five percent of FHC families have 2 FHC-causing mutations, which results in earlier disease onset, increased cardiac dysfunction, and a higher incidence of sudden death events. These observations suggest a relationship between the number of gene mutations and phenotype severity in FHC. METHODS AND...
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