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...team, led by Drs. Christine and Jonathan Seidman from Harvard, discovered the cause of Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (FHC), which often leads to heart failure and, in some cases, sudden, unexpected death...
...This is a condition that we have had no bio-medical clue about until now," said Christine Seidman, the chief researcher. Although FHC affects only three in 100,000 people, Seidman said she hopes further research will locate the genes responsible for more common forms of cardiomyopathy...
...often goes undetected throughout childhood, but many of its victims are children who die suddenly while running or playing. Its symptoms include shortness of breath, chest pains, and high blood pressure, according to Seidman...
Scientists say that children of FHC-affected parents have a 50 percent chance of inheriting the disease. If FHC could be detected early in childhood, doctors would know whether to limit a child's rigorous activity, Seidman said...
...Seidman said she had been researching the cause of FHC since 1984. Her team used genetic mapping to isolate the genes in two FHC-affected families...