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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Sudden Death in the Young: a Pathologist’s View

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a highly arrhythmogenic primary heart muscle disease. Clinical manifestations are variable ranging from a benign asymptomatic course to severe heart failure and cardiac arrest. Ventricular arrhythmias, palpitations and syncope are frequent signs and symptoms. Sudden, unexpected cardiac arrest is a pending catastrophe in the natural history of HCM.

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Maggiore, Trieste, Italy

    Fulvio Camerini

  2. Division of Cardiology, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy

    Antonello Gavazzi

  3. Institute of Clinical Phisiology, CNR, Ospedale Niguarda, Milan, Italy

    Renata De Maria

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Basso, C., Corrado, D., Angelini, A., Thiene, G. (1998). Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Sudden Death in the Young: a Pathologist’s View. In: Camerini, F., Gavazzi, A., De Maria, R. (eds) Advances in Cardiomyopathies. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2155-6_8

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