INTEGRATING MYOCARDIAL STRAIN AND EXERCISE PERFORMANCE INTO PROGNOSTICATION OF HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

Background: A hall mark of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the heterogeneity of phenotype. Although HCM is often characterized by asymmetrical left ventricular hypertrophy, contemporary studies have focused on global assessment of left ventricular longitudinal strain (LS). We assessed whether