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Desmosomal protein gene mutations in patients with idiopathic DCM
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- Acute coronary syndrome
- myocardial fibrosis
- cardiomyopathy hypertrophic
- cardiomyopathy
- hypertensive heart disease
- aortitis
- dissection
- atherosclerosis
- myocarditis
- chronic lung disease
To the Editor We read with interest the article by Garcia-Pavia et al1 published in Heart. The authors found desmosomal gene mutations typically associated with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) in explanted hearts of patients with advanced idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). This study extends the findings of Elliott et al,2 who found desmosomal mutations in patients with …
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