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Aortic Stiffness in Youth with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Genotype.
Pediatric cardiology - 1 Jun 2016
Zachariah Justin P, Johnson Philip K, Colan Steven D
Abstract excerpt
Clinical events in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients are related to the degree of hypertrophy. Aortic stiffness in adult HCM patients has been reported to be higher than control patients. Increased stiffness may cause more LV hypertrophy and thus lead to more clinical events. We sought to (a) noninvasively compare aortic structure and function between youth with sarcomeric HCM genotype versus control...
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