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Disease Stage–Dependent Changes in Cardiac Contractile Performance and Oxygen Utilization Underlie Reduced Myocardial Efficiency in Human Inherited Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Ahmet Güçlü,
Paul Knaapen,
Hendrik J. Harms,
Rahana Y. Parbhudayal,
Michelle Michels,
Adriaan A. Lammertsma,
Albert C. van Rossum,
Tjeerd Germans,
Jolanda van der Velden
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.116.005604
Subject(s) - medicine , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , cardiology , cardiomyopathy , disease , stage (stratigraphy) , heart failure , paleontology , biology
Reduced myocardial efficiency represents a target for therapy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy although therapeutic benefit may depend on disease stage. Here, we determined disease stage-dependent changes in myocardial efficiency and effects of myectomy surgery.

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