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Developmental origins of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy phenotypes: a unifying hypothesis.
Nature reviews. Cardiology - 1 Apr 2009
Olivotto Iacopo, Cecchi Franco, Poggesi Corrado, Yacoub Magdi H
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The majority of genetic mutations associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) occur in genes encoding sarcomeric proteins, which are expressed only in cardiomyocytes. However, some manifestations of the HCM phenotype, such as myocardial disarray, interstitial fibrosis, mitral valve abnormalities, and microvascular remodeling, indicate the involvement of other cell lineages. The link between sarcomeric gene...
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