Scientists unravel genetic basis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Finns
One third of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cases in Finland are caused by one of the four major mutations, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital shows. Overall, 40% of patients carried a specific or a likely mutation causing the disease, and 20% were carriers of a rare gene mutation whose role in the disease remains unknown. The findings of the nationwide FinHCM study, led by Professor Johanna Kuusisto at the University of Eastern Finland, were published in ESC Heart Failure. The study is the most extensive one so far to analyse the genetic