SCN5A and familial dilated cardiomyopathy: While there is not a fixed set of “core genes” for DCM, several genes have been associated, according to the aforementioned sources, as having definitive evidence of associations with DCM: BAG3 [18] (MIM 603883), DES [19] (MIM 125660), FLNC [20] (MIM 102565), LMNA [21] (MIM 150330), RBM20 [22] (MIM 613171), SCN5A [23] (MIM 600163), TNNC1 [24] (MIM 191040) and TTN [25] (MIM 188840).