Recently identified genetic heart disorder often deadly for young patients

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 16:35 in Health & Medicine

A study that included young patients with a recently recognized rare type of cardiomyopathy (a disorder of the heart muscle) linked to a genetic mutation finds that progression of this disease may be rapid and often results in early death, according to a study in the March 25 issue of JAMA.

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