A number of inherited metabolic disorders will lead to hypertrophic or dilated cardiomyopathy. 因此在遗传谘询、病后续照顾与治疗上,找出造成心肌病变的根本原因就极为重要。
Fifty-eight children aged from1 to18 years were diagnosed as suffering from cardiomyopathy over six years. 这些病人被分为两大部分:原因已知(0%和原因未明(0%。
Inquire about a family history of sudden death, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or other organic heart disease. 查询卒死、厚性心肌病及其他器质性心脏病的家族史。
cardiomyopathy
[ noun ] a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium) <noun.state>
Warlick's main focus was an area of a chromosome near a marker for a hereditary heart ailment, familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
The genetic basis of the disease is further complicated by recent findings that show genetic defects not involving myosin can also cause cardiomyopathy, Dr. Seidman said.
An international team of scientists led by Harvard Medical School researchers Christine and Jonathan Seidman reported that the gene responsible for the inherited cardiomyopathy produces a heart muscle protein called the myosin heavy chain.
She has familial cardiomyopathy, an inherited heart disease, according to the hospital.
Seven months ago, she was diagnosed as suffering from idiopathic cardiomyopathy, a deterioration of the heart muscle.
Parents with cardiomyopathy have a 50 percent chance of passing it on to their children.