Clinical and prognostic impact of chronotropic incompetence in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

A blunted heart rate (HR) response is associated with an impaired peak oxygen uptake (pVO2), a powerful outcome predictor in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The present multicenter study sought to determine the prognostic role for exercise-induced HR response in HCM.

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - August 6, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Damiano Magri, Piergiuseppe Agostoni, Gianfranco Sinagra, Federica Re, Michele Correale, Giuseppe Limongelli, Elisabetta Zachara, Vittoria Mastromarino, Caterina Santolamazza, Matteo Casenghi, Giuseppe Pacileo, Fabio Valente, Marco Morosin, Beatrice Musum Source Type: research