Current perspectives in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with the focus on patients in the Finnish population: a review.

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited heart disease, with the prevalence of about 1/500. During the last two decades, the knowledge of the etiology, pathogenesis, risk stratification and prevention of sudden death in HCM has substantially advanced. Most often, HCM is familial and caused by mutations in sarcomere genes, inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. In Finland, genetic...

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