Open AccessMechanism of Benefit of Negative Inotropes in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Mark V. Sherrid,
Gretchen Pearle,
David Z. Gunsburg
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.97.1.41
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricle , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , systole , interventricular septum , mitral valve , inotrope , ejection fraction , ventricular outflow tract , ventricular outflow tract obstruction , heart failure , diastole , blood pressure
Drugs with negative inotropic effect are widely used to decrease obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). However, the mechanism of therapeutic benefit has not been studied.
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