The tale of the three sisters.
In this article we present the myocardial deformation imaging (MDI) studies of three daughters of a man with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who died suddenly. The daughters had been referred for genetic counselling several months earlier. We demonstrate that, despite the absence of conventional two-dimensional echo characteristics of HCM, MDI accurately and easily demonstrated the presence of the disease in the two daughters with the genetic disorder. (Neth Heart J 2010;18:552-4.).
Department of Endocrinology, Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China, and Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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