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Sarcomere protein gene mutations in patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Jun 2011
Gruner Christiane, Care Melanie, Siminovitch Katherine, Moravsky Gil, Wigle E Douglas, Woo Anna, Rakowski Harry
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a unique form of HCM with left ventricular hypertrophy confined to the cardiac apex. The purpose of our study was to report genetic findings in a large series of unrelated patients with apical HCM and compare them with a nonapical HCM cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS: Overall, 429 patients with HCM underwent genetic testing. The panel included 8 sarcomere protein...
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