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Editorial
. 2022 Oct 11;80(15):1462-1464.
doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.08.749.

Myosin-Related Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Another Elephant Emerges From Darkness

David E Lanfear  1 , Nosheen Reza  2
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Editorial

Myosin-Related Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Another Elephant Emerges From Darkness

David E Lanfear et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: MYH7; dilated cardiomyopathy; genetics.

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Conflict of interest statement

Funding Support and Author Disclosures Dr Lanfear is supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health (P50MD017351, R01HL132154); has received research funding or support from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, and SomaLogic; and has acted as consultant to ACI Clinical (Abbott Laboratories), AstraZeneca, Cytokinetics, Duke Clinical Research Institute (CONNECT-HF), Illumina, Janssen, Martin Pharmaceuticals, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Otsuka, and Vicardia. Dr Reza is a site subinvestigator for the Exploratory Study of Danicamtiv in Patients With Primary Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) Due to Genetic Variants (NCT04572893).

Comment on

  • Natural History of MYH7-Related Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
    de Frutos F, Ochoa JP, Navarro-Peñalver M, Baas A, Bjerre JV, Zorio E, Méndez I, Lorca R, Verdonschot JAJ, García-Granja PE, Bilinska Z, Fatkin D, Fuentes-Cañamero ME, García-Pinilla JM, García-Álvarez MI, Girolami F, Barriales-Villa R, Díez-López C, Lopes LR, Wahbi K, García-Álvarez A, Rodríguez-Sánchez I, Rekondo-Olaetxea J, Rodríguez-Palomares JF, Gallego-Delgado M, Meder B, Kubanek M, Hansen FG, Restrepo-Córdoba MA, Palomino-Doza J, Ruiz-Guerrero L, Sarquella-Brugada G, Perez-Perez AJ, Bermúdez-Jiménez FJ, Ripoll-Vera T, Rasmussen TB, Jansen M, Sabater-Molina M, Elliot PM, Garcia-Pavia P; European Genetic Cardiomyopathies Initiative Investigators. de Frutos F, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Oct 11;80(15):1447-1461. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.07.023. Epub 2022 Aug 22. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022. PMID: 36007715

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