Editorial commentary: Hold your horses (and mice, rats, and cats): How relevant really are animal models of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Jan;31(1):32-33. doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2019.12.002. Epub 2019 Dec 18.

Authors

Martin S Maron¹, Ethan J Rowin², Barry J Maron²

Affiliations

¹ Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center and Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA. Electronic address: mmaron@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
² Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center and Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA.

PMID: 31883862
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2019.12.002

No abstract available

Keywords: Animal models; Heart failure; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Sudden death.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Biological Variation, Population
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic* / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic* / genetics
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic* / therapy
Death, Sudden, Cardiac
Humans
Mice
Models, Animal
Rats