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  • Title: The progression of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: dilatation of the left ventricle with supernormal systolic function.
    Author: Pelliccia F, Cianfrocca C, Romeo F.
    Journal: Int J Cardiol; 1990 Feb; 26(2):232-4. PubMed ID: 2137433.
    Abstract:
    We performed cardiac catheterisation in a man who had been diagnosed as having hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 7 years earlier. The repeat angiogram showed the maintenance of a "supernormal" systolic function (ejection fraction: 87%) although there was an increase of left ventricular end-diastolic volume (from 65 to 132 ml/m2). This case suggests that progressive left ventricular dilatation should not necessarily be considered a marker of the progression of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy into a hypokinetic left ventricle.
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