Pediheart Podcast #115: Role Of The Stress Echo In Assessing The Pediatric HCM Patient

Summary: This week we delve into the world of cardiomyopathy and also stress echo to review a recent work from the team at Boston Children's on stress echo and its role in the assessment of the pediatric HCM patient. We speak with Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Ming Hui Chen of Harvard University about a recent work she co-authored on this modality in children with HCM. Are changes in the LVOT gradient with exercise associated with differences in medium term outcome? Dr. Chen provides the answers this week. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2020.01.020