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The many faces of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: from developmental biology to clinical practice.
Journal of cardiovascular translational research - 1 Dec 2009
Olivotto Iacopo, Girolami Francesca, Nistri Stefano, Rossi Alessandra, Rega Luigi, Garbini Francesca, Grifoni Camilla, Cecchi Franco, Yacoub Magdi H
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic heart disease, characterized by complex pathophysiology, heterogeneous morphology, and variable clinical manifestations over time. Besides cardiac hypertrophy, the HCM phenotype is characterized by a host of manifestations, including mitral valve and subvalvar abnormalities, subaortic and mid-ventricular left ventricular (LV) obstruction, microvascular...
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