BAG3 and familial dilated cardiomyopathy: In recent years, several isolated BAG3 reports have been described inDCM-families.43-47 In a meaningful way, BAG3associated phenotype was recently defined with data from a cohort of 129carriers.19 After amean follow-up of 38 months, the number of carriers affected with DCM raisedfrom 57% to 68%.