Non-familial cardiomyopathies in Lebanon: exome sequencing results for five idiopathic cases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiomyopathies affect more than 0.5% of the general population. They are associated with high risk of sudden cardiac death, which can result from either heart failure or electrical abnormalities. Although different mechanisms underlie the various types of cardiomyopathies, a principal pathology is common to all and is usually at the level of the cardiac muscle. With a relatively high incidence rate in most countries, and a subsequent major health burden on both the families and governments, cardiomyopathies are gaining more attention by researchers and pharmaceutical companies as well as health government bodies. In Lebanon, there is no official data about the spectrum of the diseases in terms of their respective prevalence, clinical, or genetic profiles.

Methods

SUBMITTER: Refaat MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6375196 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature