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Keywords

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, HCM, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis, IHSS, muscular subaortic stenosis, asymmetric septal hypertrophy, ASH, sudden death, sudden cardiac death, SCD, arrhythmogenic sudden death, myocardial hypertrophy, cardiomyopathy

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Michael E Zevitz, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Finch University of the Health Sciences, The Chicago Medical School; Consulting Staff, Private Practice
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