Article
Clinical features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by mutation of a "hot spot" in the alpha-tropomyosin gene.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 1 Mar 1997
Coviello D A, Maron B J, Spirito P, Watkins H, Vosberg H P, Thierfelder L, Schoen F J, Seidman J G, Seidman C E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: We studied the clinical and genetic features of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) caused by an Asp175Asn mutation in the alpha-tropomyosin gene in affected subjects from three unrelated families. BACKGROUND: Correlation of genotype and phenotype has provided important informa...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
- Echocardiography
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Myocardium
- Tropomyosin
