The Role of Genetics in Cardiomyopathy
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Cardiomyopathies can be defined as disorders of the myocardium which are associated with cardiac dysfunction and are aggravated by arrhythmias, heart failure and sudden death [Ricardson, 2006]. Genetics has played a very important role in the understanding of the different cardiomyopathies since, in 1957, Bridgen cited for the first time the word “cardio‐ myopathy” and in 1958, Teare, the British pathologist reported nine cases of septum hyper‐ trophy (Teare, 1958).
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