ABC Imagem Cardiovasc. 2025; 38(3): e20250071
Long-term Follow-Up of a Patient with FLNC Gene Mutation-Related Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report
DOI: 10.36660/abcimg.20250071i
Introduction
Heart Failure (HF) is estimated to affect approximately 26 million people worldwide., In Brazil, prevalence is high, with about 2 million diagnosed patients and an incidence of roughly 240,000 new cases every year. Between 2011 and 2021, more than 2.5 million HF-related hospitalizations were recorded in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS), underscoring the relevance of the disease in the national context. These figures highlight the need for early diagnostic strategies and etiological definition for the appropriate management of these patients. Establishing an etiological diagnosis is often challenging but essential to provide disease-specific treatments and improve prognosis. Diagnosis encompasses multimodality cardiac imaging, with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance imaging (CMR) being a useful tool for evaluating non-ischemic cardiomyopathy phenotypes and establishing an etiological diagnosis.
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