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Lifelong Clinical Impact of the Presence of Sarcomere Gene Mutation in Japanese Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society - 25 Sept 2020
Nakashima Yasuteru, Kubo Toru, Sugiura Kenta, Ochi Yuri, Takahashi Asa, Baba Yuichi, Hirota Takayoshi, Yamasaki Naohito, Kimura Akinori, Doi Yoshinori L, Kitaoka Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is mainly caused by mutations in sarcomere genes. Regarding the clinical implications of genetic information, little is known about the lifelong clinical effect of sarcomere mutations in Japanese HCM patients. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied 211 consecutive Japanese patients with HCM who had agreed to genetic testing between 2003 and 2013. Genetic analyses were...
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