American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 3 , Pages e27-e34 , September 2009

Mechanisms of exercise intolerance in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

  • Vy-Van Le, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
    • Department of Cardiology, VAPAHCS, Palo Alto, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Vy-Van Le, MD, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Falk CVRC, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Drive Stanford, CA 94305.
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  • Marco V. Perez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
    • ,
  • Matthew T. Wheeler, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
    • ,
  • Jonathan Myers, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
    • Department of Cardiology, VAPAHCS, Palo Alto, CA
    • ,
  • Ingela Schnittger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
    • ,
  • Euan A. Ashley, MRCP, DPhil

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

Received 13 March 2009 ,Accepted 5 June 2009.

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PII: S0002-8703(09)00448-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.06.006

American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 3 , Pages e27-e34 , September 2009

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