Severe disease expression of cardiac troponin C and T mutations in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.

OBJECTIVES: We performed genetic investigations of cardiac troponin T (TNNT2) and troponin C (TNNC1) in 235 consecutive patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) to evaluate prevalence of mutations and associated disease expression in affected families. BACKGROUND: Recently, mutations i...

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Main Authors: Mogensen, J, Murphy, RT, Shaw, T, Bahl, A, Redwood, C, Watkins, H, Burke, M, Elliott, P, McKenna, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004