Genetic Cardiomyopathies A Clinical Approach /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sinagra, Gianfranco. (Editor), Mestroni, Luisa. (Editor), Camerini, Fulvio. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2757-2

In the last decade, genetics has been emerging as a primary issue in the diagnosis and management of cardiomyopathies. This book is intended to be a state-of-the-art monograph on these diseases, describing their genetic causes, defining the molecular basis and presenting extensive descriptions of ge...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Family History
• 3 The Role of Clinical Observation:� Red Flag 1 - Cardiomyopathies and Skeletal Muscle Involvement
• 4 The Role of Clinical Observation:� Red Flag 2 - Cardiomyopathies and Arrhythmias
• 5 The Role of Clinical Observation:� Red Flag 3 - Cardiomyopathies, WPW Syndrome and Other ECG Abnormalities
• 6 The Role of Clinical Observation:� Red Flag 4 - Cardiomyopathies and Sensorineural Hearing Loss
• 7 The Role of Clinical Observation:� Red Flag 5 - Right Ventricular Involvement, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenotypes
• 8 The Role of Clinical Observation:� Red Flag 6 - Left Ventricular Non-Compaction
• 9 The Role of Clinical Observation:� Red Flag 7 - Syndromic and Multisystem Cardiomyopathies
• 10 The Role of Clinical Observation:� Red Flag 8 -� Cardiomyopathies in the First Year of Life and Paediatric Cardiomyopathies
• 11 Clinical Genetic Testing in Cardiomyopathies
• 12 Conclusive Remarks.