Does myocardial constructive work predict left ventricular fibrosis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Myocardial constructive work is impaired in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy even when LVEF is normal, and it serves as a predictor for left ventricular fibrosis.
Global constructive work is significantly reduced in HCM despite normal LVEF and is associated with the LV fibrosis as assessed by LGE.
Galli et al. (Thu,) studied this question.