Article
[Dilated cardiomyopathy caused by p.E446K mutation in SCN5A gene].
Kardiologiia - 1 Jan 2014
Zakliaz'minskaia E V, Chapurnykh A V, Voronina T S, Van E Iu, Shestak A G, Saber S, Dzemeshkevich S L
Abstract excerpt
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is myocardial disorder characterized by progressive heart chambers enlargement and impairment of myocardial contractility. This disorder is the most common cause of advanced heart failure requiring the heart transplantation. The prevalence of the disease is 36.5 per 100 000 in population. About 20-30% of cases are familial. Disease is genetically heterogenous, there more than 100...
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