The New Zealand medical journal
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A case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy presenting with chest pain and dyspnoea was followed for 18 years. During this time the patient showed a progressive loss of cardiac murmurs and over the last 12 months of life developed a dilatated cardiomyopathy associated with congestive heart failure, supraventricular and ventricular tachyarrhythmias.