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May 2024
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New Hope for a Common and Deadly Heart C...

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This episode considers a new treatment for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the world’s most common inherited heart condition, which most affected people don’t even realize they have.

A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2400702.

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