TY - JOUR T1 - Desmosomal protein gene mutations in patients with idiopathic DCM JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - 2090 LP - 2090 DO - 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-301043 VL - 97 IS - 24 AU - MingChang Zhang AU - Fabio Tavora AU - Allen Burke Y1 - 2011/12/15 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/97/24/2090.2.abstract N2 - 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 … ER -