Exercise capacity in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and its relation to diastolic left ventricular function

A T Yetman; R M Gow; P Seib; W R Morrow; B W McCrindle

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01414-4

Exercise capacity in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and its relation to diastolic left ventricular function

Am J Cardiol. 2001 Feb 15;87(4):491-3, A8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01414-4.

Authors

A T Yetman¹, R M Gow, P Seib, W R Morrow, B W McCrindle

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock 72202, USA. yetmananjit@exchange.uams.edu

PMID: 11179545
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01414-4

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anaerobic Threshold
Analysis of Variance
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnostic imaging
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / physiopathology*
Case-Control Studies
Child
Diastole
Echocardiography, Doppler
Exercise Tolerance*
Humans
Male
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology*