The First Patient Clinically Diagnosed With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Received 18 July 2008; received in revised form 4 August 2008; accepted 4 August 2008.
It has now been 50 years since the initial clinical description of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In this regard, it is noteworthy that the first patient diagnosed with this disease has survived to date in good health with an active and productive lifestyle—albeit with heart transplantation necessitated by an aggressive disease course with progression to the end-stage phase.
aHypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
bNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
cHypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association, Hibernia, New Jersey
dBaylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Dallas, Texas
eTIMI Study Group, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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