title: Molecular genetics of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a serious and often tragic disorder, is characterized by hypertrophy of the interventricular septum and left ventricular wall, hypercontractile systolic function with diastolic dysfunction, and in some cases, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. On histopathologic examination, myofiber disarray is common. The genes for familial cases of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are known to encode members of the sarcomere and to date nine genes have been identified (beta-myosin heavy chain, alpha-tropomyosin, cardiac troponin T, troponin I, myosin binding protein-C, regulatory myosin light chain, essential myosin light chain, cardiac actin, and titin) for this genetically and clinically heterogeneous disease. In this review the genetic basis of HCM is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology, 1 Baylor Plaza, Room 333E, Houston, TX 77030, USA. jtowbin@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Towbin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: D008840:Microfilament Proteins