Cardiovascular and hormonal responses to a meal in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A comparison of patients with and without postprandial exacerbation of symptoms

30 subjects: 10 hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with postprandial symptoms, 10 hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients without postprandial symptoms, and 10 normal subjects.

Consumption of a 740 Kcal meal

Comparison among the three groups (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with postprandial symptoms, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy without postprandial symptoms, and normal subjects)

Changes in heart rate, blood pressure, echocardiographic parameters, and gastrointestinal hormones following the mealsurrogate