Stanford researchers use stem cells to pinpoint cause of common type of sudden cardiac death

(Stanford University Medical Center) When a young athlete dies unexpectedly on the basketball court or the football field, it's both shocking and tragic. Now Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have, for the first time, identified the molecular basis for a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that is the most common cause for this type of sudden cardiac death.
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