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. 1975 Feb;37(2):225–228. doi: 10.1136/hrt.37.2.225

Relief of sever left ventricular outflow obstruction in a case of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy treated with practolol.

M E Gamal, G B Schasfoort, L C Schrijvers
PMCID: PMC484106  PMID: 1168060

Abstract

The clinical and haemodynamic findings in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and severe left ventricular outflow obstruction are presented. Treatment with an increasing dose of orally administered practolol up to a maximum of 1200 mg a day, resulted in symptomatic improvement, and abolition of the resting gradient when the patient was recatheterized six months later.

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