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Volume 158, Issue 3 , Pages e27-e34 , September 2009

Mechanisms of exercise intolerance in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Vy-Van Le, MD
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
- Department of Cardiology, VAPAHCS, Palo Alto, CA
- Reprint requests: Vy-Van Le, MD, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Falk CVRC, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Drive Stanford, CA 94305.
Marco V. Perez, MD
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Matthew T. Wheeler, MD, PhD
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Jonathan Myers, PhD
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
- Department of Cardiology, VAPAHCS, Palo Alto, CA
Ingela Schnittger, MD
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Euan A. Ashley, MRCP, DPhil
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

Received 13 March 2009 ,Accepted 5 June 2009.

Morphology classification. A, proximal, B, reverse curvature, C, apical, D, concentric HCM.

Morphology classification. A, proximal, B, reverse curvature, C, apical, D, concentric HCM.
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Univariate correlations between peak Vo₂ and A, Lateral E′, B, Indexed LA volume, C, Rest and, D, Exercise LVOT gradients.

Univariate correlations between peak Vo₂ and A, Lateral E′, B, Indexed LA volume, C, Rest and, D, Exercise LVOT gradients.
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Plots of A) maximal exercise capacity and B) %predicted maximal Vo₂ by patterns.

Plots of A) maximal exercise capacity and B) %predicted maximal Vo₂ by patterns.
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