Other well-known causal genes of DCM are those that encode cardiac troponin T2 (TNNT2), phospholamban (PLN), desmin (DES), tropomyosin (TPM1), vinculin (VCL), and RNA-binding motif protein 20 (RBM20) [6,7]. Here, DES is linked to familial dilated cardiomyopathy.