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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - a Modern Clinical and Therapeutical Perspective
Articol din publicatia Timisoara Medical Journal nr. 3/2005
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Rodica Dan, Lucian P. Petrescu, Denise Dragulescu, Stefan. I. Dragulescu
Institute for Cardiovascular Medicine Timisoara
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a relatively common familial cardiac disease, with a broad clinical spectrum, with an important premature cardiovascular risk, including sudden death, but also with incapacitating symptoms, especially in young patients. Because of its heterogeneous clinical course and expression, HCM represents a management dilemma for cardiologists and other practitioners, especially now, when new treatment strategies are available and many questions still arise during the search for the right approach for diagnosis and treatment.