Article
Homozygous missense MYBPC3 Pro873His mutation associated with increased risk for heart failure development in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
ESC heart failure - 1 Aug 2018
Kissopoulou Antheia, Trinks Cecilia, Green Anna, Karlsson Jan-Erik, Jonasson Jon, Gunnarsson Cecilia
Abstract excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a primary autosomal-dominant disorder of the myocardium with variable expressivity and penetrance. Occasionally, homozygous sarcomere genetic variants emerge while genotyping HCM patients. In these cases, a more severe HCM phenotype is generally seen. Here, we report a case of HCM that was diagnosed clinically at 39 years of age. Initial symptoms were shortness of breath...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
- Carrier Proteins
- DNA
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Disease Progression
- Heart Failure
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Male
