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Diagnostic value of electrocardiography and echocardiography for familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in genotyped children.
European heart journal - 1 Sept 1998
Charron P, Dubourg O, Desnos M, Bouhour J B, Isnard R, Hagege A, Carrier L, Bonne G, Tesson F, Richard P, Hainque B, Schwartz K, Komajda M
Abstract excerpt
AIM: The aim of the study was to evaluate electrocardiography and echocardiography in the diagnosis of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in children, using the genetic status as the criterion of reference. METHODS AND RESULTS: We analysed 35 children (<18 years) from 13 families with identified mutations: 16 were genetically affected (11.2 +/- 3 years), 19 unaffected (13.1 +/- 2.8 years). Conventional major...
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