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Impact of systolic dysfunction in genotyped hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Clinical cardiology - 1 Mar 2013
Fujino Noboru, Konno Tetsuo, Hayashi Kenshi, Hodatsu Akihiko, Fujita Takashi, Tsuda Toyonobu, Nagata Yoji, Kawashiri Masa-aki, Ino Hidekazu, Yamagishi Masakazu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a disease of the sarcomere, and approximately 5% of cases of HCM show systolic dysfunction with poor prognosis. Few data exist regarding the systolic dysfunction in a large population of genotyped HCM subjects. HYPOTHESIS: The aim of this study was to assess the systolic dysfunction and prognosis in sarcomere gene mutation carriers. METHODS: The study included 157...
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