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Malignant and benign mutations in familial cardiomyopathies: insights into mutations linked to complex cardiovascular phenotypes.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology - 1 May 2010
Xu Qian, Dewey Shannamar, Nguyen Susan, Gomes Aldrin V
Abstract excerpt
Cardiomyopathies, familial or sporadic, have become recognized as one of the leading cardiac threats. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) affects 0.2% of the population and is the leading cause of sudden death in young adults. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) are associated with sudden death as well as heart transplantations. Ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy (VNCM) is...
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