International journal of cardiology
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Development of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is important for explaining symptoms and designing management. LVOTO is mostly caused by a combination of septal hypertrophy and systolic anterior movement of the mitral valve (SAM). The aim of the present study was to determine predictors of exercise induced LVOTO in a group of HCM patients. ⋯ In patients with HCM, LV outflow tract obstruction seems to be relatively uncommon during exercise but rather occurring minutes after stopping exercise. Exercise LVOTO seems to be determined by long anterior mitral leaflets in addition to the well established septal hypertrophy.