Differences in direction-dependent shortening of the left ventricular wall in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and in systemic hypertension

To determine whether patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) have an altered mode of contraction of the left ventricular (LV) wall related to underlying myocardial abnormalities, geometric changes in the LV wall were analyzed at 2 points of the cardiac cycle (end-diastole and end-systole) usi...

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