Abstract
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a heterogeneous condition, and probably encompasses a number of different disease entities which manifest similarly in their later stages as heart failure, but which are aetiologically distinct. The recent recognition of familial disease with mendelian inheritance implies the significant role of single genes in disease pathology, and thus provides an avenue to identify the molecular abnormality. Such molecular differences may in the future allow genetic classification of these disorders.
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Baig, M.K., Coonar, A.S., Goldman, J.H., McKenna, W.J. (1997). The Genetics of Dilated Cardiomyopathy. In: Schultheiss, HP., Schwimmbeck, P. (eds) The Role of Immune Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60463-8_26
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