Abstract
Oral verapamil, 5.2 +/- 1.1 mg/kg/day (range 2.8 to 7), was administered to 13 pediatric patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy for 13 +/- 6 months (range 2 to 20). The patients had significant symptomatic improvement on verapamil therapy. Murmur intensity diminished in 6 patients during therapy and left ventricular (LV) electromotive forces on the electrocardiogram diminished in 4, increased in 5 and did not change in 4. Exercise endurance increased from 8.4 +/- 3.9 to 10.9 +/- 2.8 minutes (p less than 0.01). Seven patients had ST-segment depression (0.38 +/- 0.28 mV) before verapamil therapy, which improved after verapamil therapy in 5 (0.24 +/- 0.17 mV, p less than 0.02). Of 4 patients with exercise-induced ventricular ectopic activity, 3 had diminution or abolishment of ectopy following verapamil. By echocardiography, the patients had an increase in LV end-diastolic dimension from 3.4 +/- 0.7 to 3.9 +/- 0.8 cm (p less than 0.01), with no significant change in shortening fraction (46.1 +/- 8.0% vs 44.6 +/- 8.0%). When adjusted for body size and age there was a significant decrease in LV septal thickness (from 106 +/- 70 to 45 +/- 52% of predicted normal values, p less than 0.05) and LV posterior wall thickness (from 40 +/...Continue Reading
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