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Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: should cardiac screening be offered to first-degree relatives?
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 1 Aug 2011
Kerstjens-Frederikse Wilhelmina S, Du Marchie Sarvaas Gideon J, Ruiter Jolien S, Van Den Akker Peter C, Temmerman Arno M, Van Melle Joost P, Hofstra Robert M W, Berger Rolf M F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether offering cardiac screening to relatives of patients with left ventricular outflow tract obstructions (LVOTOs) would be justified. BACKGROUND: LVOTOs have been recognised as a group of congenital heart diseases with 'high heritability'. One of the LVOTOs, the bicuspid aortic valve, is often asymptomatic, but has become known to be associated with sudden, unexpected cardiac death....
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