Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Cardiac ultrasonic abnormalities in genetically affected subjects without echocardiographic evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy.

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AIMS: It is not known whether the apparent normality of echocardiographic examination results, in subjects bearing a mutation for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy but without ultrasonic left ventricular hypertrophy, is due to incomplete phenotypic expression, or inaccurate echocardiographic criteria. The aim of this study was to search for echocardiographic abnormalities in these patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:...

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