- ►onlinejacc.org P Richard, E Villard, P Charron, R Isnard - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2006 - Elsevier Cardiomyopathies represent an important cause of cardiovascular morbidity and
mortality due to heart failure, arrhythmias, and sudden death. A majority of
hypertrophic cardiomyopathies (HCM) and at least 30% of dilated ... Cited by 38 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 20 versions
- ►onlinejacc.org WHW Tang, GS Francis - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2006 - Elsevier Although it has been customary to highlight the results of pivotal clinical
trials in this review, the year 2006 is best characterized as a year of
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- ►ahajournals.org L Song, SR DePalma, M Kharlap, AG Zenovich … - Circulation, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— To explore novel genetic causes of inherited
cardiomyopathies, genome-wide linkage analysis was used to study one kindred (4
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- ►oxfordjournals.org ER Behr, C Dalageorgou, M Christiansen, P … - European Heart Journal, 2008 - Eur Soc Cardiology Methods and results: Fifty seven consecutively referred families with SADS death
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- ►onlinejacc.org PT Ellinor, S Sasse-Klaassen, S Probst, B … - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2006 - Elsevier Sixty-six family members were evaluated by 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG),
echocardiogram, and laboratory studies. Individuals with echocardiographically
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- ►oxfordjournals.org I Portig, A Wilke, M Freyland, MJ Wolf, A … - European Journal of Heart Failure, 2006 - eurjhf.oxfordjournals.org Background: Systematic family screening has recently identified dilated
cardiomyopathy as an inherited disorder in up to 30% of cases. Mutations in
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- ►sma.org [PDF] JM Gelow, JC Fang - Southern Medical Journal, 2006 - journals.lww.com Heart failure (HF) is a prevalent and morbid chronic disease that patients
experience in stages. Progression through the stages of HF can be slowed with
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D Fatkin - Heart, Lung and Circulation, 2007 - Elsevier Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a myocardial disorder characterised by
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L Monserrat, M Hermida-Prieto, A Castro- … - Rev Esp Cardiol, 2007 - revespcardiol.org La miocardiopatía dilatada idiopática es una enfermedad familiar en un 30-50%
de los casos. Hasta el momento se han identificado mutaciones asociadas con esta
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- ►rsna.org JR Koikkalainen, M Antila, JMP Lotjonen, T … - Radiology, 2008 - radiology.rsna.org Materials and Methods: The ethical review board of the institution approved the
study, and informed written consent was obtained. The patient group consisted of
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