Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Reveals Hot Spots and Doubly Heterozygous Mutations in Chinese Patients with Familial Cardiomyopathy

As a common cardiac disease mainly caused by gene mutations in sarcomeric cytoskeletal, calcium-handling, nuclear envelope, desmosomal, and transcription factor genes, inherited cardiomyopathy is becoming one of the major etiological factors of sudden cardiac death (SCD) and heart failure (HF). This...

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Main Authors: Yue Zhao, Yue Feng, Yun-Mei Zhang, Xiao-Xue Ding, Yu-Zhu Song, A-Mei Zhang, Li Liu, Hong Zhang, Jia-Huan Ding, Xue-Shan Xia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/561819

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