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Clinicopathological and Genetic Profiles of Cases with Myocyte Disarray—Investigation for Establishing the Autopsy Diagnostic Criteria for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
5 Apr 2019
Abstract excerpt
Myocyte disarray of >10% in the heart is broadly accepted as a diagnostic pitfall for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) at postmortem. The present study aims to propose an additional diagnostic criterion of HCM. Heart specimens from 1387 serial forensic autopsy cases were examined. Cases with myocyte disarray were extracted and applied to morphometric analysis to determine the amount of myocyte disarray....
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