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Maria Teresa Tome Esteban

Researcher at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Publications -  25
Citations -  1116

Maria Teresa Tome Esteban is an academic researcher from St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy & Cardiomyopathy. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 18 publications receiving 993 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria Teresa Tome Esteban include University College London & University College Hospital.

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Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome: familial evaluation identifies inheritable heart disease in the majority of families.

TL;DR: Over half of SADS deaths were likely to be due to inherited heart disease; accurate identification is vital for appropriate prophylaxis amongst relatives who should undergo comprehensive cardiological evaluation, guided and confirmed by mutation analysis.
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Prevalence of sarcomere protein gene mutations in preadolescent children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

TL;DR: Familial disease is common among infants and children with HCM and that, in most cases, disease is caused by mutations in cardiac sarcomere protein genes, the major implication is that all first-degree relatives of any child diagnosed with H CM should be offered screening.
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Outcomes after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator treatment in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

TL;DR: The experience with ICDs in children with HCM in a single referral centre is reported, showing that life-threatening arrhythmias in high-risk adults with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are successfully treated using implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.