Three Families with Familial Cardiomyopathy
Authors: DANIEL L. BOYD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1965)

Article1 September 1965Three Families with Familial CardiomyopathyDANIEL L. BOYD, M.D., MARVIN E. MISHKIN, M.D., HARVEY FEIGENBAUM, M.D., PASQUALE D. GENOVESE, M.D., F.A.C.P.DANIEL L. BOYD, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MARVIN E. MISHKIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HARVEY FEIGENBAUM, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, PASQUALE D. GENOVESE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-63-3-386 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1949 Evans (1) described a degenerative disease of the myocardium that occurred in the same family and named the condition "familial cardiomegaly." Since that original report, Battersby and Glenner (2) have reported a family in which five members were affected with a similar myocardial disease, and the authors used the term "familial cardiomyopathy" to describe the entity more accurately. Numerous other reports have been published (3-9), including a review of the literature by Beasley (10).The etiology of this form of heart disease is unknown, but evidence for a genetic factor increases as more reports are published. The clinical...References1. EVANS W: Familial cardiomegaly. Brit. Heart J. 11: 68, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. BATTERSBYGLENNER EJGG: Familial cardiomyopathy. Amer. J. Med. 30: 382, 1961. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. GARRETTHAYRICKARDS GWJAG: Familial cardiomegaly. J. Clin. Path. 12: 355, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. HOLLMANGOODWINTEARERENWICK AJFDJW: A family with obstructive cardiomyopathy (asymmetrical hypertrophy). Brit. Heart J. 22: 449, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Indianapolis, IndianaFrom the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind.Supported by grant H6308, Heart Research Center, National Heart Institute, U. S. Public Health Service, Bethesda, Md., and the Indiana Heart Association, Indianapolis, Ind.This work was completed during the tenure of Drs. Boyd and Mishkin as Indiana Heart Association Student Cardiovascular Research Fellows.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Pasquale D. Genovese, M.D., Chief, Cardiology Section, Veterans Administration Hospital, 1481 W. 10th St., Indianapolis, Ind. 46207. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByHarvey Feigenbaum, MD, and the Creation of Clinical Echocardiography: A Conversation With Barry J. 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