title: Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction as a primary phenotypic expression of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in mutation carriers without hypertrophy.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal; Centro de Cardiologia da Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: luisrlopes@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Luís R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal; Circulation Department - Hospital da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cotrim
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal.
authors.forename: Inês
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.affiliation: CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Picano
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia Pediátrica, Hospital de Santa Marta, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Fátima
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal.
authors.forename: Hélder
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D010375:Pedigree; D010641:Phenotype; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics
keywords: Exercise stress echocardiography; Genetics; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction; Mutation carriers