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The culprit in one of every three cases of sudden cardiac death in young athletes is a silent condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), characterized by____________

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Answer: marked ventricular hypertrophy with diastolic dysfunction but without increased afterload (eg, due to valvular aortic stenosis, coarctation of the aorta, systemic hypertension).

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