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Genotype-phenotype Correlations of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy When Diagnosed in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults.
Congenital heart disease - 1 Jan 2000
Loar Robert W, Bos J Martijn, Will Melissa L, Ommen Steve R, Ackerman Michael J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heritable cardiovascular disease and a leading cause of identifiable sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the young. Herein, we sought to determine the genotype-phenotype correlations in a cohort of unrelated, genotyped patients diagnosed with HCM at a young age, as well as to characterize the differences between HCM diagnosed in adulthood and HCM...
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