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Dilated Cardiomyopathy Overview

Ray E Hershberger  1 , Elizabeth Jordan  2
Margaret P Adam, Jerry Feldman, Ghayda M Mirzaa, Roberta A Pagon, Stephanie E Wallace, Anne Amemiya
, editors.
In: GeneReviews® [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993.
[updated ].
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Dilated Cardiomyopathy Overview

Ray E Hershberger et al.
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Excerpt

The purpose of this overview is to:

  1. 1

    Define DCM;

  2. 2

    Identify the categories of DCM;

  3. 3

    Provide the evaluation strategy of a proband with nonsyndromic DCM;

  4. 4

    Provide a basic view of genetic risk assessment of at-risk asymptomatic relatives of a proband with DCM to inform cardiac surveillance and allow early detection and treatment of DCM to improve long-term outcome.

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