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Exercise-induced systolic dysfunction in patients with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and mutations in the cardiac troponin genes.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 1 Oct 2008
Sakata K, Ino H, Fujino N, Nagata M, Uchiyama K, Hayashi K, Konno T, Inoue M, Kato H, Sakamoto Y, Tsubokawa T, Yamagishi M
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate left ventricular (LV) function reserve in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients with and without cardiac troponin gene mutations before transition to the dilated phase. METHODS: LV ejection fraction (EF) was continuously evaluated in 52 patients with non-obstructive HCM during supine ergometer exercise using radionuclide ventricular function monitoring...
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