RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Genetics and cardiomyopathy: Where are we now?
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 465
OP 483
VO 72
IS 6
A1 Murphy, Ross T.
A1 Starling, Randall C.
YR 2005
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/6/465.abstract
AB Many cases of cardiomyopathy have a genetic component: 90% of cases of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are familial, and genetic factors may be responsible for 30% to 50% of cases of dilated cardiomyopathy. Clinical genetic testing for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is becoming available, with significant implications for the clinician. This article gives an overview of how these genetic discoveries were made and how these new insights from genetics will affect clinical practice.