Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy clinical phenotype is independent of gene mutation and mutation dosage.

Over 1,500 gene mutations are known to cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Previous studies suggest that cardiac β-myosin heavy chain (MYH7) gene mutations are commonly associated with a more severe phenotype, compared to cardiac myosin binding protein-C (MYBPC3) gene mutations with milder phen...

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Main Authors: Shiv Kumar Viswanathan, Heather K Sanders, James W McNamara, Aravindakshan Jagadeesan, Arshad Jahangir, A Jamil Tajik, Sakthivel Sadayappan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5679632?pdf=render