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Classification, Epidemiology, and Global Burden of Cardiomyopathies.
Circulation research - 15 Sept 2017
McKenna William J, Maron Barry J, Thiene Gaetano
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In the past 25 years, major advances were achieved in the nosography of cardiomyopathies, influencing the definition and taxonomy of this important chapter of cardiovascular disease. Nearly, 50% of patients dying suddenly in childhood or adolescence or undergoing cardiac transplantation are affected by cardiomyopathies. Novel cardiomyopathies have been discovered (arrhythmogenic, restrictive, and noncompacted)...
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