Relationships among exercise capacity, hypertrophy, and left ventricular diastolic function in nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2004.08.021 Byline: Afonso Y. Matsumoto (a)(b), Edmundo Arteaga (a), Barbara M. Ianni (a), Ana M.F.W. Braga (a), Paula C. Buck (a), Charles Mady (a) Abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze the relationships among exercise capacity (EC), hypertrophy, and diastolic function in nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (NOHCM). Author Affiliation: (a) Departmnet of Cardiomyopathy, Heart Institute (InCor), University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil (b) Laboratorio Fleury, Sao Paulo, Brazil Article History: Received 29 January 2004; Accepted 22 August 2004