Dilated cardiomyopathy is defined by the presence of left ventricular dilatation and
contractile dysfunction. Genetic mutations involving genes that encode cytoskeletal …

Background: Cardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of pathologies characterized by
structural and functional alterations of the heart. Aims: The purpose of this narrative review is …

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) from cardiac arrest is a major international public health
problem accounting for an estimated 15%–20% of all deaths. Although resuscitation rates …

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is characterized by left ventricular dilatation and,
consecutively, contractile dysfunction. The causes of DCM are heterogeneous. DCM often …

Purpose Dilated cardiomyopathy is characterized by substantial locus, allelic, and clinical
heterogeneity that necessitates testing of many genes across clinically overlapping …

Heart failure (HF) is a complex, heterogeneous syndrome that results from impairment of
ventricular filling or ejection of blood associated with symptoms of dyspnea, fatigue, as well …

The interest in non-coding RNAs, which started more than a decade ago, has still not
weakened. A wealth of experimental and clinical studies has suggested the potential of non …

Cardiac arrhythmias can follow disruption of the normal cellular electrophysiological
processes underlying excitable activity and their tissue propagation as coherent wavefronts …

Background: Sudden cardiac death because of ventricular fibrillation (VF) is commonly
unexplained in younger victims. Detailed electrophysiological mapping in such patients has …

Aims The differential diagnosis of patients with early non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy
(DCM) and those with physiological adaptation to exercise ('athlete's heart') may be difficult …