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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in the Elderly: A Case Identified With Genetic Screening.
Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports - 1 Jan 2000
Del Rio-Pertuz Gaspar, Sethi Pooja, Swaminath Deephak, Argueta-Sosa Erwin
Abstract excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a hereditary disease with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance, that is caused by a mutation in one of several sarcomere genes that encodes components of the contractile system of the heart. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has been described as a disease that is more heavily diagnosed in the second decade of life, that may present with abnormal syncopal episodes or sudden...
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