TY - JOUR
T1 - Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy
AU - Coughlin, Steven S.
AU - Woosley, Raymond L.
AU - Michels, Virginia
AU - Moll, Patricia
AU - Rodeheffer, Richard J.
PY - 1992/6/11
Y1 - 1992/6/11
N2 - To the Editor: The well-designed study by Michels et al. (Jan. 9 issue)1 provides further evidence that the percentage of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy who have familial disease is higher than previously thought. It should be noted, however, that all but one of the index patients in this series of patients from the Mayo Clinic were white.1 Epidemiologic studies have suggested that blacks may be at increased risk for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, although few genetic studies of this disease have been undertaken in multiracial populations.2 , 3 In a recent case–control study of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in Baltimore, a roughly threefold…
AB - To the Editor: The well-designed study by Michels et al. (Jan. 9 issue)1 provides further evidence that the percentage of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy who have familial disease is higher than previously thought. It should be noted, however, that all but one of the index patients in this series of patients from the Mayo Clinic were white.1 Epidemiologic studies have suggested that blacks may be at increased risk for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, although few genetic studies of this disease have been undertaken in multiracial populations.2 , 3 In a recent case–control study of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in Baltimore, a roughly threefold…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199206113262413
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199206113262413
M3 - Letter
C2 - 1584274
AN - SCOPUS:0026764077
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 326
SP - 1635
EP - 1636
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 24
ER -