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Thin filament mutations: developing an integrative approach to a complex disorder.
Circulation research - 18 Mar 2011
Tardiff Jil C
Abstract excerpt
Sixteen years ago, mutations in cardiac troponin (Tn)T and α-tropomyosin were linked to familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, thus transforming the disorder from a disease of the β-myosin heavy chain to a disease of the cardiac sarcomere. From the outset, studies suggested that mutations in the regulatory thin filament caused a complex, heterogeneous pattern of ventricular remodeling with wide variations in...
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