A form of CARDIAC MUSCLE disease, characterized by left and/or right ventricular hypertrophy (HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR), frequent asymmetrical involvement of the HEART SEPTUM, and normal or reduced left ventricular volume. Risk factors include HYPERTENSION; AORTIC STENOSIS; and gene MUTATION; (FAMILIAL HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY).
    

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Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic

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Genetics special.

Raising Lazarus / Robert Jon Pensack and Dwight Arnan Williams.

Thwack : a physician gets a painful lesson in electricity and magnetism / writer, editor: Barry Abrams, MD ; artist: Michael Lorenz.