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Left ventricular long-axis function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Relationships between e`, early diastolic excursion and duration, and systolic excursion.

Roger E PeverillBon ChouLesley DonelanWai-Ee Thai
Published in: PloS one (2020)
In HCM, the decrease in LV longitudinal contraction is the major mechanism accounting for a lower EDExc, the lower e`is accounted for by contributions from the lower EDExc and prolongation of early diastolic motion, and there is no atrial compensation for the reduction of long-axis contraction.
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