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Blood test detects potentially fatal heart condition in children
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Around 1,000 children in the UK have a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)that thickens their heart muscle.
Around 1,000 children in the UK have a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)that thickens their heart muscle.
To conduct the research, the GOSH and UCL team received investment from charities LifeArc and Action Medical Research.
A new blood test that could identify children with a potentially fatal heart condition has been developed by researchers at UCL…