Abraham Lab

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NIH R01 · 2024

Exercise Intolerance in Non Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Project Summary Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic heart disease with a projected burden of ~2 million genetically at risk in the United States. Approximately ⅓ of HCM patients have no left ventricular outflow obstruction and we have challenged the conventional thinking that HCM symptoms and complications are primarily driven by left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. We have shown that non-obstructive HCM is associated with high rates of ventricular arrhythmias, abnormal myocardial mechanics, poor exercise tolerance and adverse clinical outcomes, higher frequency of microvascular ischemia (by positron emission tomography; PET) and large scar burden (by cardiac…

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