Article
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy due to beta-myosin heavy chain mutation with extreme phenotypic variability within a family.
International journal of cardiology - 29 May 2009
Keller D I, Schwitter J, Valsangiacomo E R, Landolt P, Attenhofer Jost C H
Abstract excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) affects 1 in 500 persons and shows high variability in severity of disease, in genetic heterogeneity and phenotypic patterns. Many affected individuals remain undetected throughout their lives. In this case report a family with proven beta-myosin heavy chain mutation (MYH7) with 3 affected family members with huge phenotypic variability is described. The index patient (male, age...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
- Electrocardiography
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- Myosin Heavy Chains
- Pedigree
