Genetic Mutations and Multifactorial Inheritance: Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Eric S Suarez; Barbara E C Knollmann-Ritschel

doi:10.1177/2374289517711715

Genetic Mutations and Multifactorial Inheritance: Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Acad Pathol. 2017 Jul 24:4:2374289517711715. doi: 10.1177/2374289517711715. eCollection 2017 Jan-Dec.

Authors

Eric S Suarez¹, Barbara E C Knollmann-Ritschel¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Abstract

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.

Keywords: cardiomyopathy; cardiovascular; developmental and functional abnormalities; dilated cardiomyopathy; disease mechanisms; genetic diseases; genetic mechanisms; inherited diseases; mutations; pathology competencies.