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How do hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutations affect myocardial function in carriers with normal wall thickness? Assessment with cardiovascular magnetic resonance.
Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance - 15 Mar 2010
Germans Tjeerd, Rüssel Iris K, Götte Marco J W, Spreeuwenberg Marieke D, Doevendans Pieter A, Pinto Yigal M, van der Geest Rob J, van der Velden Jolanda, Wilde Arthur A M, van Rossum Albert C
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BACKGROUND: Clinical data on myocardial function in HCM mutation carriers (carriers) is sparse but suggests that subtle functional abnormalities can be measured with tissue Doppler imaging before the development of overt hypertrophy. We aimed to confirm the presence of functional abnormalities using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), and to investigate if sensitive functional assessment could be employed to...
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