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Diagnostic value of electrocardiography and echocardiography for familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a genotyped adult population.
Circulation - 1 Jul 1997
Charron P, Dubourg O, Desnos M, Isnard R, Hagege A, Millaire A, Carrier L, Bonne G, Tesson F, Richard P, Bouhour J B, Schwartz K, Komajda M
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BACKGROUND: The diagnostic value of ECG and echocardiography for familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) has not been reassessed since the development of molecular genetics. The aim of the study was to evaluate it in adults, with the genetic status used as the criterion of reference. METHODS AND RESULTS: Ten families with previously identified mutations were studied (9 mutations in 3 genes). ECG and...
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