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Outcomes of restrictive cardiomyopathy in childhood and the influence of phenotype: a report from the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry.
Circulation - 4 Sept 2012
Webber Steven A, Lipshultz Steven E, Sleeper Lynn A, Lu Minmin, Wilkinson James D, Addonizio Linda J, Canter Charles E, Colan Steven D, Everitt Melanie D, Jefferies John Lynn, Kantor Paul F, Lamour Jacqueline M, Margossian Renee, Pahl Elfriede, Rusconi Paolo G, Towbin Jeffrey A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) has been associated with poor prognosis in childhood. The goal of the present analysis was to use the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry to analyze outcomes of childhood RCM, with a focus on the impact of phenotype comparing pure RCM with cases that have additional features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). METHODS AND RESULTS: We analyzed the Pediatric...
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