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Histiocytoid cardiomyopathy: a mitochondrial disorder.
Clinical cardiology - 1 May 2008
Finsterer Josef
Abstract excerpt
Histiocytoid cardiomyopathy (HICMP) is a rare, genetic, cardiac disorder of infancy or childhood, predominantly affecting girls, and clinically manifesting as severe cardiac arrhythmias or dilated cardiomyopathy. Pathoanatomically, HICMP is characterized by subendocardial, epicardial, or valvular yellow-tan nodules, which are histologically built up of abnormal Purkinje fibers and multiple, scattered clusters of...
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