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Assessment of diastolic function with Doppler tissue imaging to predict genotype in preclinical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Circulation - 25 Jun 2002
Ho Carolyn Y, Sweitzer Nancy K, McDonough Barbara, Maron Barry J, Casey Susan A, Seidman J G, Seidman Christine E, Solomon Scott D
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BACKGROUND: Unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is considered diagnostic of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) but fails to identify all genetically affected individuals. Altered diastolic function has been hypothesized to represent an earlier manifestation of HCM before the development of LVH; however, data regarding the clinical utility of imaging techniques that assess this parameter are limited....
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