Key result
Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction at rest independently predicts progression to severe heart failure symptoms and death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Why the study?
Does left ventricular outflow tract obstruction at rest predict progression to severe symptoms of heart failure and death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Does left ventricular outflow tract obstruction at rest predict progression to severe symptoms of heart failure and death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
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Resting left ventricular outflow tract obstruction is a strong independent predictor of severe heart failure and death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
In patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction at rest is a strong, independent predictor of progression to severe symptoms of heart failure and of death.
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Maron et al. (2003) studied this question. Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction at rest independently predicts progression to severe heart failure symptoms and death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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