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…Familial and genetic screening in cardiovascular medicine is the systematic assessment of relatives and other individuals who may carry an inherited predisposition to cardiovascular disease…

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…Its primary clinical utility in contemporary practice is late line therapy for patients who remain profoundly symptomatic despite optimal neurohormonal blockade and adequate volume control…

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…TTN Clinical characteristics of ARVC ARVC is typically concealed (asymptomatic) during childhood and adolescence and becomes symptomatic between the second and fourth decades of life…

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