Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Two Elderly Siblings

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which is sometimes familial and genetically transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait, is generally regarded as a disease of young or middle aged and relatively few cases have been reported in elderly patients. The present communication describes the oldest known siblin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Japanese Heart Journal 1982, Vol.23(2), pp.253-262
Hauptverfasser:	MASUYA, Kazuhiro, MURAKAMI, Eiji, TAKEKOSHI, Noboru, MATSUI, Shinobu, MURAKAMI, Hidenori, NOMURA, Masayuki, FUJITA, Shizuka, TSUJI, Sotoyuki, CHADANI, Takashi, EMOTO, Jiro, TSUGAWA, Hiroichi, HASHIMOTO, Akihisa, NOUMI, Isao
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - diagnosis Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - genetics Echocardiography Elderly siblings Electrocardiography Female Humans Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Phonocardiography
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Zusammenfassung:	Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which is sometimes familial and genetically transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait, is generally regarded as a disease of young or middle aged and relatively few cases have been reported in elderly patients. The present communication describes the oldest known siblings with clinically diagnosed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, 80 and 78 years of age.
ISSN:	0021-4868 1348-673X
DOI:	10.1536/ihj.23.253