The Genetics of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Authors: Barry J. Maron, John J. Mulvihill
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1986)

Editorials1 October 1986The Genetics of Hypertrophic CardiomyopathyBARRY J. MARON, M.D., JOHN J. MULVIHILL, M.D.BARRY J. MARON, M.D., JOHN J. MULVIHILL, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-105-4-610 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHypertrophic cardiomyopathy is unusual among primary cardiac diseases in that it frequently shows a familial pattern of occurrence (1-11). That hypertrophic cardiomyopathy could be genetically transmitted was noted by Teare (12) in his initial description of the disease in 1958. This observation was followed by several early reports of single pedigrees in which clinically overt hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was identified in subsequent generations in a pattern consistent with autosomal dominant inheritance (13-23). 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