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SAM
Acronym for S-adenosyl-l-methionine; systolic anterior motion.
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SAM
Cardiology Systolic anterior motion An anomalous movement of the mitral valve's anterior leaflet, which appears to strike the interventricular septum in early diastole; seen in Pts with idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis and obstruction.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.