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Molecular etiology and pathogenesis of hereditary cardiomyopathy.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society - 1 Jan 2008
Kimura Akinori
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Cardiomyopathy is defined as a cardiac disease caused by functional abnormality of cardiac muscle, and the etiology of the functional abnormality includes both extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Cardiomyopathy caused by the intrinsic factors is defined as idiopathic or primary cardiomyopathy, and there are several clinical phenotypes, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). The...
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