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Accuracy of European diagnostic criteria for familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a genotyped population.
International journal of cardiology - 1 Jul 2003
Charron P, Forissier J F, Amara M E, Dubourg O, Desnos M, Bouhour J B, Isnard R, Hagege A, Bénaïche A, Richard P, Schwartz K, Komajda M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Since the sensitivity of conventional diagnostic criteria for familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is low, new diagnostic criteria were proposed by a European collaboration. However, their diagnostic value remains unknown. The aim of the study was to evaluate the accuracy of these new criteria, using the genetic status as the criterion of reference. METHODS: We studied 109 genotyped adults (54...
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