Exercise capacity in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and its relation to diastolic left ventricular function.
Left ventricular diastolic impairment is often seen in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy regardless of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Such impairment in diastolic filling is related to the presence of symptoms and exercise impairment.
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Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock 72202, USA. yetmananjit@exchange.uams.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D015308:Anaerobic Threshold; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003971:Diastole; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017079:Exercise Tolerance; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*