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Clinical utility of genetic tests for inherited hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies.
Cardiovascular ultrasound - 19 Dec 2008
Colombo Maria Giovanna, Botto Nicoletta, Vittorini Simona, Paradossi Umberto, Andreassi Maria Grazia
Abstract excerpt
Genetic testing has become an increasingly important part of medical practice for heritable form of cardiomyopathies. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and about 50% of idiopathic dilatative cardiomyopathy are familial diseases, with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance.Some genotype-phenotype correlations can provide important information to target DNA analyses in specific genes. Genetic testing may clarify...
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