An estimated one-third to one-half of dilated cardiomyopathy cases have a genetic cause, Tomaselli added. The others have an environmental trigger, such as drug or alcohol abuse or infections. For those patients, TTN would likely not play a role in the disease.
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The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has more on cardiomyopathy.
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