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Relationship between aetiology and left ventricular systolic dysfunction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 15 Feb 2017
Rosmini Stefania, Biagini Elena, O'Mahony Costantinos, Bulluck Heerajnarain, Ruozi Niccolo', Lopes Luis R, Guttmann Oliver, Reant Patricia, Quarta Cristina C, Pantazis Antonis, Tome-Esteban Maria, Mckenna William J, Rapezzi Claudio, Elliott Perry M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Severe left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction is an uncommon complication of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) that is associated with poor prognosis. Small observational series suggest that patients with rare causes of HCM are more likely to develop systolic impairment than those with idiopathic disease or mutations in cardiac sarcomeric protein genes. The aim of this study was to test this...
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