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Diagnosis and management of inherited cardiomyopathies.
The Practitioner - 1 Oct 2014
Millar Lynne, Sharma Sanjay
Abstract excerpt
Inherited heart conditions are the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in those under the age of 35 and the leading cause of non-traumatic death in young athletes. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited heart disease affecting 1 in 500 of the population. Some patients may exhibit severe left ventricular hypertrophy, others may show nothing more than an abnormal ECG. Left ventricular...
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