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Peripheral microvascular function is altered in young individuals at risk for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and correlates with myocardial diastolic function.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 1 Jun 2015
Fernlund Eva, Schlegel Todd T, Platonov Pyotr G, Carlson Jonas, Carlsson Marcus, Liuba Petru
Abstract excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a major cause of sudden cardiac death in the young. Based on previous reports of functional abnormalities in not only coronary but also peripheral vessels in adults with HCM, we aimed to assess both peripheral vascular and myocardial diastolic function in young individuals with an early stage of HCM and in individuals at risk for HCM. Children, adolescents, and young adults...
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