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Diastolic ventricular dysfunction as a marker for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a family with a novel alpha-tropomyosin mutation.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography - 1 Jun 2003
Earing Michael G, Ackerman Michael J, O'Leary Patrick W
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BACKGROUND: Early identification of familial cases of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) depends on screening echocardiography, but hypertrophy may not be the most sensitive marker for the disease. We report the echocardiographic findings of a family with HCM and a newly reported mutation in the g...
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