Table 2.
Disease | n |
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | 50 |
Unclassified cardiomyopathy | 1 |
Ventricular septal defect | 2 |
Mitral valve dysplasia | 1 |
Severity (based on quantiles of LA enlargement) | |
None (LA:AO ≤1.4) | 22 |
Mild (LA:AO >1.4, ≤1.7) | 15 |
Moderate (LA:AO >1.7, <2.0) | 9 |
Severe (LA:AO ≥2.0) | 8 |
Medications* | |
Atenolol | 20 |
ACE-inhibitor | 13 |
Clopidogrel | 6 |
Aspirin | 4 |
LA = left atrium; AO = aorta; ACE = angiotensin-converting enzyme
Medications administered to single patients included pimobendan, diltiazem, taurine and meropenem