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In a 12-year-old girl with biventricular hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and an MYH7 mutation, medical therapy failed to control severe symptoms, necessitating listing for heart transplantation.
Case Report (n=1)
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in the young and may necessitate heart transplantation.
Hypertrophic cardiomiopathy (HCM) is the most common cardiac disease affecting the cardiac muscle and is characterized by heterogeneous genetic, morphological, functional, and clinical features. It is also one of the main causes of sudden cardiac death (SDC) in the young.
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Daniela Di Lisi (2019) conducted a case report in Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (n=1). Heart transplantation listing was evaluated. In a 12-year-old girl with biventricular hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and an MYH7 mutation, medical therapy failed to control severe symptoms, necessitating listing for heart transplantation.
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