Abstract
Introduction DCM is characterized by enlargement and impaired contraction of left or both ventricles. With an estimated prevalence of 36/100 000 in adults in the United States, DCM is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. One third to one half of the causes are familial and the most important risk gene for cardiomyopathy is lamin A/C gene. Thus, we wanted to look for other methods than conventional echocardiography, to recognize this type of serious cardiomyopathy early. We wanted to characterize more precisely the cardiac findings of the Finnish LMNA patients using magnetic resonance imiging (MRI)
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DCM is characterized by enlargement and impaired contraction of left or both ventricles
Abstracts of the 11th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions - 2008 Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1532-429X-10-S1-info.pdf
LMNA-mutations are the most common genetic defects in familial dilated cardiomyopathy. To our knowledge this is the largest LMNA-carrier group described with magnetic resonance imiging (MRI) in the world
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2069 Assessment of genetic dilated cardiomyopathy in LMNA-mutation carriers by cardiac MRI. Kristel M Antila*1, Juha R Koikkalainen, Jyrki MP Lötjönen, Tiina Heliö, Sari M Kivistö and Kirsi Lauerma. Address: 1Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland, 2VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland, 3Department of Cardiology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland and 4Department of Radiology, Helsinki Medical Imiging Center, Helsinki, Finland. Published: 22 October 2008 Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008, 10(Suppl 1):A338 doi:10.1186/1532-429X-10-S1-A338. Abstracts of the 11th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions - 2008 Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1532-429X-10-S1-info.pdf
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