dilated cardiomyopathy 3C

A dilated cardiomyopathy that is characterized by severe arrhythmogenic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) with onset as young as the teen years but usually in the third to fifth decades of life and that has_material_basis_in mutation in the gene encoding emerin (EM

A dilated cardiomyopathy that is characterized by severe arrhythmogenic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) with onset as young as the teen years but usually in the third to fifth decades of life and that has_material_basis_in mutation in the gene encoding emerin (EMD) on chromosome Xq28.

Signs and symptoms

• Right ventricular dilatation
• Anti-La/SS-B antibody positivity
• Moderately reduced left ventricular ejection fraction
• Severely reduced left ventricular ejection fraction
• Chest tightness
• Palpitations
• Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
• Sudden cardiac death
• Ventricular tachycardia
• Dilated cardiomyopathy