Cardiology · Cardiology / Genetic cardiology
Carvajal syndrome
also: Dilated left ventricular cardiomyopathy with woolly hair and keratoderma
Recessive cardiocutaneous syndrome with predominantly left ventricular cardiomyopathy.
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Subspecialty
- Cardiology / Genetic cardiology
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected equally; Children: yes, infancy
- Gene(s) involved
- DSP
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Dilated left ventricular cardiomyopathy with woolly hair and keratoderma
Etiology & mechanism
Desmoplakin variants impair desmosomes.
Gene(s) involved (1)
Symptoms & signs (4)
In plain terms, someone with Carvajal syndrome may experience the following — click any to explore related syndromes:
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Shares symptoms with
2 shared
Anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery
dilated cardiomyopathy, heart failure
2 shared
Naxos disease
heart failure, woolly hair
1 shared
Alström syndrome
dilated cardiomyopathy
1 shared
Barth syndrome
dilated cardiomyopathy
1 shared
Churg–Strauss syndrome
heart failure
1 shared
Hypereosinophilic syndrome
heart failure
1 shared
Kasabach–Merritt syndrome
heart failure
1 shared
Refeeding syndrome
heart failure
1 shared
Shone syndrome
heart failure
1 shared
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
heart failure
Shares genes with
None.
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