Article
Diagnostic yield of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in first-degree relatives of decedents with idiopathic left ventricular hypertrophy.
Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology - 1 Apr 2020
Finocchiaro Gherardo, Dhutia Harshil, Gray Belinda, Ensam Bode, Papatheodorou Stathis, Miles Chris, Malhotra Aneil, Fanton Zeph, Bulleros Paulo, Homfray Tessa, Witney Adam A, Bunce Nicholas, Anderson Lisa J, Ware James S, Sharma Rajan, Tome Maite, Behr Elijah R, Sheppard Mary N, Papadakis Michael, Sharma Sanjay
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Idiopathic left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is defined as LVH in the absence of myocyte disarray or secondary causes. It is unclear whether idiopathic LVH represents the phenotypic spectrum of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) or whether it is a unique disease entity. We aimed to ascertain the prevalence of HCM in first-degree relatives of decedents from sudden death with idiopathic LVH at autopsy....
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