Clinical manifestations of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with mutations in the cardiac beta-myosin heavy chain gene or cardiac troponin T gene.

doi:10.1016/s1071-9164(96)80064-9

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Clinical manifestations of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with mutations in the cardiac beta-myosin heavy chain gene or cardiac troponin T gene.

Journal of cardiac failure - 1 Dec 1996

Koga Y, Toshima H, Kimura A, Harada H, Koyanagi T, Nishi H, Nakata M, Imaizumi T

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Introduction of molecular genetics has improved our understanding of HCM substantially, but has simultaneously raised further important questions. Studies on HCM are revealing a more complex picture than might have been expected on clinical grounds. Further extensive studies are warranted to eluc...

Topics

Adult
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
Echocardiography
Humans
Mutation
Myosin Heavy Chains
Prognosis
Troponin
Troponin T

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