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The pathology of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Histopathology - 1 May 2004
Hughes S E
Abstract excerpt
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is devastating at any age, but even more so when the individual affected is young and asymptomatic, and the death is entirely unexpected. SCD is a catastrophic complication of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and may be the first manifestation of this disease. HCM is an inherited intrinsic disease of the myocardium characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy without chamber...
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