Cardiomyopathies (ie, diseases of the heart muscle) are major causes of morbidity and
mortality. A significant percentage of patients with cardiomyopathies have genetic-based …

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Inherited cardiomyopathies include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy,
arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, left ventricular noncompaction, and …

Insights into genetic causes of cardiomyopathies have tremendously contributed to the
understanding of the molecular basis and pathophysiology of hypertrophic, dilated …

Cardiomyopathies (CMPs) are myocardial disorders in which the heart muscle is structurally
and functionally abnormal in the absence of abnormal conditions that can explain the …

During the past two decades, numerous disease-causing genes for different
cardiomyopathies have been identified. These discoveries have led to better understanding …

Despite the striking advances in medical and surgical therapy, the morbidity, mortality, and
economic burden of heart failure (HF) remain unacceptably high. There is increasing …

Background—Left ventricular noncompaction of the myocardium (LVNC) has been
recognized as a cardiomyopathy with a genetic etiology. Mutations in genes encoding …

Cardiomyopathies represent a variety of cardiac diseases that are an important cause of
morbidity and mortality throughout the world in children and adults and whose definition and …

Non-compaction of the left ventricular myocardium (LVNC) has gained increasing
recognition during the last 25 years. There is a morphological trait of the myocardial …