Article
Novel c.367_369del LMNA mutation manifesting as severe arrhythmias, dilated cardiomyopathy, and myopathy.
Heart & lung : the journal of critical care - 1 Jan 2000
Keller Hans, Finsterer Josef, Steger Christine, Wexberg Paul, Gatterer Edmund, Khazen Cesar, Stix Günter, Gerull Brenda, Höftberger Romana, Weidinger Franz
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The 3-bp deletion in exon 2 of the Lamin A/C (LMNA) gene has not been described in association with dilated cardiomyopathy, which is characterized by progressive heart failure, atrioventricular (AV) block, tachyarrhythmias, and variable skeletal muscle involvement. CASE REPORT: In a 43-year-old woman with a long-term history of palpitations and newly diagnosed AV blocks I and II, ventricular ectopic...
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