Maternally Inherited Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Manifested by Pregnancy Related Early Progression and Sudden Cardiac Death

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Although hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) may cause heart failure, HCM and dilated cardiomyopathy(DCM) are generally recognized as separate diseases. This report describes two cases of maternally inheritedfamilial HCM, which, after pregnancy, rapidly deteriorated to heart failure and cardiac chamber dilatation,resembling DCM. Some members of this family also suffered sudden cardiac death (SCD).

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