Pediatric cardiomyopathy: importance of genetic and metabolic evaluation.

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BACKGROUND: Cardiomyopathy is a heterogeneous disease with a strong genetic component. A research-based pediatric cardiomyopathy registry identified familial, syndromic, or metabolic causes in 30% of children. However, these results predated clinical genetic testing. METHODS AND RESULTS: We determined the prevalence of familial, syndromic, or metabolic causes in 83 consecutive unrelated patients referred for...

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