In addition, rapamycin or its analog, temsirolimus, ameliorated cardiomyopathy and improved skeletal and cardiac muscle function in mouse models of LMNA (lamin A/C gene) cardiomyopathy that recapitulate Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) (Choi et al., 2012; Ramos et al., 2012). This evidence concerns the gene LMNA and cardiomyopathy.