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American College of Cardiology/European Society of Cardiology Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines

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In this paper, the authors present a general approach for the natural history and clinical course of clinical diagnostics in the context of vascular flow outflow and genetic and molecular diagnostics.
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This article is published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology.The article was published on 2003-11-05 and is currently open access. It has received 1289 citations till now.

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Prophylactic implantation of a defibrillator in patients with myocardial infarction and reduced ejection fraction.

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Effect of carvedilol on survival in severe chronic heart failure.

TL;DR: The previously reported benefits of carvedilol with regard to morbidity and mortality in patients with mild-to-moderate heart failure were also apparent in the patients with severe heart failure who were evaluated in this trial.
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A Randomized Study of the Prevention of Sudden Death in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

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Effect of carvedilol on survival in severe chronic heart failure

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated 2289 patients who had symptoms of heart failure at rest or on minimal exertion, who were clinically euvolemic, and who had an ejection fraction of less than 25 percent.
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A Systematic review

Barry J. Maron
- 13 Mar 2002 - 
TL;DR: An appreciation that HCM, although an important cause of death and disability at all ages, does not invariably convey ominous prognosis and is compatible with normal longevity should dictate a large measure of reassurance for many patients.
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