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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in children.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 1 Jul 2012
Moak Jeffrey P, Kaski Juan Pablo
Abstract excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the second commonest form of heart muscle disease affecting children and adolescents and is a leading cause of sudden death in young athletes. The aetiology of HCM is heterogeneous in the paediatric population, and includes inborn errors of metabolism, neuromuscular disorders and malformation syndromes. However, most cases of apparently idiopathic HCM in childhood are caused...
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