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Old 23rd Feb 2008, 15:45
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The diagnosis requires an echocardiogram at a minimum, and since the left ventricular outflow obstruction tends to occur only with high cardiac outputs and vigorous exercise, it may require a stress echo to really detect.

There is a finding called asymetric septal hypertrophy which can be seen on the echo study.
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