基因检测在疑似发性心肌炎中的作用:一个案例报告
Raffaella Mistrulli1, Caterina Micolonghi2, Federico Follesa1
1Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy.
Molecular genetics and metabolism reports
|September 4, 2023
概括
节律失调性心肌病 (ACM) 是一种罕见的遗传性心脏病. 通过遗传检测诊断出早期心肌炎的呈现,可以揭示ACM,即使有模两可的成像发现.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 病理学 病理学 病理学
背景情况:
- 节律失调性心肌病 (ACM) 是一种遗传性心脏病,涉及纤维脂肪心肌置换,主要是由德斯莫索姆基因变异引起的.
- ACM呈现出各种不同的临床表现,包括心室节律失常,心力衰竭 (HF) 和心肌炎,通常具有不完全的透性.
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