The Genetic Basis for Familial Cardiomyopathy in Patients With Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy

Israel Healthcare Foundation

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Cardiomyopathy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00322582

136-2005

GEN/ICM

Details and patient eligibility

About

In many of the patients with cardiomyopathy, the etiology is not clear . In about 30% there is a family history of cardiomyopathy .Our aim is to study the genetics basis for these patients with cardiomyopathy with no clear etiology and who have a first degree family relative with cardiomyopathy as well.

Full description

A total of 950 blood samples will be collected from patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy and their relatives and will be analysed for genetics analysis.

Enrollment: 41 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• history of cardiomyopathy
• etiology not known
• family history of cardiomyopathy
• ability to understand and sign the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• refusal to participate
• pregnancy
• current participation in another active treatment study