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Synchronous cardiac arrest in monozygotic twins with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Is sudden cardiac death genetically pre-programmed?

BACKGROUND: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a myocardial disorder characterised by left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in the absence of another cardiac or systemic disease capable of producing the magnitude of LVH evident. HCM causes variable symptoms and is one of the leading causes of sudden...

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Autores principales: Goh, Cheng Yee, ul Haq, Muhammad Asrar, Mutha, Vivek, van Gaal, William J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4367866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885451
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-015-0007-3