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[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a genetically-carried heart disease].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 13 Apr 2002
van Dockum W G, Doevendans P A F M, van Rossum A C, Wilde A A M
Abstract excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a cardiac muscle disease with characteristic (mostly asymmetrically distributed) hypertrophy of a non-dilated left ventricle in the absence of another cardiac or systemic disease that can cause left ventricle hypertrophy. The prevalence of HCM in the general population is estimated to be 1 in 500 persons. It is an inheritable disease of the heart with a heterogeneous...
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