Clinical Manifestations and Long-Term Mortality in Lamin A/C Mutation Carriers From a Japanese Multicenter Registry.

CONCLUSIONS: Several cardiac phenotypes were age-dependently increased in LMNA mutation carriers, suggesting that ICD or CRT-D could suppress SCD after middle age; however, LVD leading to end-stage heart failure was the only independent predictor for total mortality.
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Source: Circulation Journal - August 4, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nakajima K, Aiba T, Makiyama T, Nishiuchi S, Ohno S, Kato K, Yamamoto Y, Doi T, Shizuta S, Onoue K, Yagihara N, Ishikawa T, Watanabe I, Kawakami H, Oginosawa Y, Murakoshi N, Nogami A, Aonuma K, Saito Y, Kimura T, Yasuda S, Makita N, Shimizu W, Horie M, Ku Tags: Circ J Source Type: research