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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the community: why we should care

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  1. Franco Cecchi and Iacopo Olivotto: F Cecchi is Head of and I Olivotto is a Staff Physician

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  1. Referral Centre for Cardiomyopathies in the Cardiology Department of the Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy

    Franco Cecchi & Iacopo Olivotto

  2. cardiac surgeon, Professor of Cardiac Surgery and Director of Research at the Heart Science Centre, Imperial College London, Harefield, UK

    Magdi H Yacoub

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Cecchi, F., Yacoub, M. & Olivotto, I. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the community: why we should care. Nat Rev Cardiol 2, 324–325 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0248

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