Genetic Cardiomyopathies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • Fulvio Camerini, Gianfranco Sinagra, Luisa Mestroni

   Pages 1-18

3. Family History

   • Michele Moretti, Matthew R. G. Taylor, Marco Merlo, Luisa Mestroni

   Pages 19-24

4. The Role of Clinical Observation: Red Flag 1 — Cardiomyopathies and Skeletal Muscle Involvement

   • Gianfranco Sinagra, Fulvio Camerini, Enrico Fabris

   Pages 25-42

5. The Role of Clinical Observation: Red Flag 2 — Cardiomyopathies and Arrhythmias

   • Fulvio Camerini, Gianfranco Sinagra, Stefano Bardari

   Pages 43-49

6. The Role of Clinical Observation: Red Flag 3 — Cardiomyopathies, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome and Other Electrocardiogram Abnormalities

   • Gianfranco Sinagra, Fulvio Camerini, Andrea Di Lenarda, Michele Moretti

   Pages 51-58

7. The Role of Clinical Observation: Red Flag 4 — Cardiomyopathies and Sensorineural Hearing Loss

   • Fulvio Camerini, Gianfranco Sinagra

   Pages 59-60

8. The Role of Clinical Observation: Red Flag 5 — Right Ventricular Involvement, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenotypes

   • Bruno Pinamonti, Fulvio Camerini, Enrico Fabris, Gianfranco Sinagra

   Pages 61-69

9. The Role of Clinical Observation: Red Flag 6 — Left Ventricular Non-Compaction

   • Fulvio Camerini, Luisa Mestroni, Gianfranco Sinagra, Michele Moretti

   Pages 71-72

10. The Role of Clinical Observation: Red Flag 7 — Syndromic and Multi-system Cardiomyopathies

    • Gianfranco Sinagra, Fulvio Camerini, Michele Moretti, Luisa Mestroni

    Pages 73-111

11. The Role of Clinical Observation: Red Flag 8 — Cardiomyopathies in the First Year of Life and Pediatric Cardiomyopathies

    • Fulvio Camerini, Enrico Fabris, Rossana Bussani, Gianfranco Sinagra

    Pages 113-117

12. Clinical Genetic Testing in Cardiomyopathies

    • Luisa Mestroni, Matthew R. G. Taylor, Enrico Fabris, Francesca Brun

    Pages 119-124

13. Concluding Remarks

    • Fulvio Camerini, Gianfranco Sinagra, Luisa Mestroni

    Pages 125-128

14. Back Matter

    Pages 129-166

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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 genotype–phenotype correlations. Other chapters are focused on the role of clinical observation, on ECG and echocardiography. With its highlight on the most recent discoveries in the field of molecular genetics as well as on the correct clinical approach to patients with heart muscle disease, the book is aimed at physicians and clinical cardiologists with a particular interest in myocardial diseases and in their genetic causes.

• Cardiomyopathies
• Genetics
• Genotype
• Molecular basis
• Phenotype

From the reviews:

“This is a concise, yet comprehensive review of genetic disorders that lead to inherited cardiomyopathies from internationally respected authorities in this field. … This book is intended for general cardiologists, heart failure/advanced cardiomyopathy cardiologists, pediatric cardiologists, and geneticists. Although it covers a subspecialty topic, it would also benefit medical residents, cardiology fellows, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and medical students with an interest in this field. … The approach of identifying cardiomyopathies based on clinical presentation also makes it an attractive tool for practicing physicians.” (Joaquin Crespo, Doody’s Book Reviews, June, 2013)

• Department and Postgraduate School of Cardiovascular Sciences, Ospedali Riuniti and University of Trieste, Italy

  Gianfranco Sinagra

• Cardiovascular Institute, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz, Aurora, USA

  Luisa Mestroni

• Ospedali Riuniti and University of Trieste, Italy

  Fulvio Camerini

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