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Intrinsic mitral valve alterations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy sarcomere mutation carriers.
European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging - 1 Oct 2018
Groarke John D, Galazka Patrycja Z, Cirino Allison L, Lakdawala Neal K, Thune Jens J, Bundgaard Henning, Orav E John, Levine Robert A, Ho Carolyn Y
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Aims: Mitral valve (MV) abnormalities are recognized features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), and there is preliminary evidence suggesting they are intrinsic phenotypic manifestations of sarcomere mutations, present in mutation carriers without left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (subclinical HCM). However, further study is required to characterize the nature of these changes and their functional impact....
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