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Cardiomyopathies: Morphological Aspects

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Heart Failure Mechanisms and Management

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Cardiomyopathies1 are defined as heart muscle diseases of unknown cause and subdivided into three major types: dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and restrictive cardiomyopathy.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, 34362, Haifa, Israel

    Basil S. Lewis MD (Director) (Director)

  2. University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    Asher Kimchi MD (Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Attending Physician) (Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Attending Physician)

  3. Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA

    Asher Kimchi MD (Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Attending Physician) (Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Attending Physician)

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Olsen, E.G.J. (1991). Cardiomyopathies: Morphological Aspects. In: Lewis, B.S., Kimchi, A. (eds) Heart Failure Mechanisms and Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58231-8_18

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