The phenotype of individuals with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who exercise regularly is unknown. This study characterized the clinical profile of young athletes with HCM.The electrical, structural, and functional cardiac parameters from 106 young (14-35 years) athletes with HCM were compared with 101 sedentary HCM patients. A subset of athletes with HCM exhibiting morphologically mild (13-16 mm), concentric disease was compared with 55 healthy athletes with mild physiological left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Most athletes with HCM (96
作者:Nabeel, Sheikh;Michael, Papadakis;Frédéric, Schnell;Vasileios, Panoulas;Aneil, Malhotra;Mathew, Wilson;Fran?ois, Carré;Sanjay, Sharma
来源:Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 2015 年 8卷 7期