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Comparing echocardiographic characteristics in genotype positive-phenotype positive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy.
European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging - 22 Feb 2022
de la Rosa Angelo, Shah Maulin, Shiota Takahiro, Siegel Robert, Rader Florian
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: There is little information about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with pathologic genetic mutations and concurrent hypertension (HTN). Hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) does not exclude an underlying genetic aetiology. METHODS AND RESULTS: This was a single-centre case-control study of 39 adults with pathologic HCM mutations, confirmed by genetic testing, compared to 39 age- and...
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