Clinical genetic testing in four highly suspected pediatric restrictive cardiomyopathy cases.

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BACKGROUND: Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) presents a high risk for sudden cardiac death in pediatric patients. Constrictive pericarditis (CP) exhibits a similar clinical presentation to RCM and requires differential diagnosis. While mutations of genes that encode sarcomeric and cytoskeletal proteins may lead to RCM, infection, rather than gene mutation, is the main cause of CP. Genetic testing may be helpful...

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