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Prevalence and clinical features of Fabry disease in Japanese male patients with diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Journal of cardiology - 1 Jan 2017
Kubo Toru, Ochi Yuri, Baba Yuichi, Hirota Takayoshi, Tanioka Katsutoshi, Yamasaki Naohito, Yoshimitsu Makoto, Higuchi Koji, Takenaka Toshihiro, Nakajima Kimiko, Togawa Tadayasu, Tsukimura Takahiro, Sano Shigetoshi, Tei Chuwa, Sakuraba Hitoshi, Kitaoka Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of Fabry disease (FD) in Japanese patients presenting with unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) has remained unclear. METHODS: We measured plasma α-galactosidase A activity in 177 men with a diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) (maximum LV wall thickness ≥15mm). RESULTS: Two patients (1.1%) showed very low α-galactosidase A activity [0.0 and 0.3nmol/hr/ml (normal...
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