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Article: New findings from Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Cardiology in the area of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in children described.(Report)
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- November 15, 2009
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Research findings, 'Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy,' are discussed in a new report. "Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the most common inherited cardiac disorders, with a prevalence in young adults of one in 500 and is defined by its wall thickening. This chapter of the supplement will present major clinical impacts of this disorder in its predilection to be inherited; its reputation as the most common cause of sudden death in young, healthy, athletic individuals; and its potential to develop heart failure due to either diastolic or systolic dysfunction, so-called 'burned out' HCM," investigators in the United States report (see also Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy).
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