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Cardiomyopathy-Associated Pathogenic Variants in Pediatric Myocarditis: A Study From the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry.
Circulation. Heart failure - 1 Jan 2026
Kamsheh Alicia M, Ware Stephanie M, Bhatnagar Surbhi, Martin Lisa J, Lee Teresa M, Towbin Jeffrey A, Kantor Paul F, Lal Ashwin K, Bansal Neha, Ballweg Jean A, Colan Steven D, Aronow Bruce J, Canter Charles E, Lipshultz Steven E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Studies have demonstrated that patients with myocarditis may have a higher burden of cardiomyopathy-associated genetic variants than the general population. However, data on children are limited. We compared the prevalence of rare predicted-damaging variants and clinically pathogenic variants in children with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) secondary to myocarditis with that in children with DCM alone...
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- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Humans
- Infant