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[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathies and ATTR amyloidosis - a current review for clinical practice].
Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) - 1 Sept 2022
Tschöpe Carsten, Elsanhoury Ahmed, Diekmann Sonja, Kühl Uwe
Abstract excerpt
Cardiomyopathies include dilated and restrictive cardiomyopathies as well as the various forms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathies (HCM). By definition, HCM is considered to occur when left ventricular wall thickness is ≥ 15 mm. This may be masked by genetic sarcomeric diseases, storage diseases, or syndromes. In clinical practice, sarcomere mutations and the cardiac amyloidoses are of particular interest because...
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