Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Ceylon.
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چکیده
Forty patients had a diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy confirmed by right and left heart catheterization or necropsy. The families of the patients were investigated and i5 of the 40 had a positive family history. In these 15families, 79 parents and sibs were alive, and 55 werefound to have evidence of the disease. Of the 55, 40 were male and i5female. Thefamilial incidence was 37.5 per cent. The sex ratio in the familial
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British heart journal
دوره 35 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1973