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Involvement of the -420C>G RETN polymorphism in myocardial fibrosis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Jul 2015
Hernández-Romero D, Orenes-Piñero E, García-Honrubia A, Climent V, Romero-Aniorte A I, Martínez C M, García-Bautista M, Martínez M, Feliu E, González J, Cánovas S, Montero-Argudo J A, Valdés M, Marín F
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy and fibrosis. HCM is an autosomal-dominant disease caused by more than 400 mutations in sarcomeric genes. Changes in nonsarcomeric genes contribute to its phenotypic heterogeneity. Cardiac fibrosis can be studied using late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. We evaluated the potential role of two...
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