Article
Genetics of hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy.
Current pharmaceutical biotechnology - 1 Oct 2012
Friedrich Felix W, Carrier Lucie
Abstract excerpt
Cardiomyopathies are categorized as extrinsic, being caused by external factors, such as hypertension, ischemia, inflammation, valvular dysfunction, or as intrinsic, which correspond to myocardial diseases without identifiable external causes. These so called primary cardiomyopathies can be categorized in four main forms: hypertrophic, dilated, restrictive, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy....
Topics
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
- Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
- Cytoskeleton
- Genetic Association Studies
- Humans
- Mutation
- Sarcomeres
- Sarcoplasmic Reticulum