%0 Journal Article %T The hemodynamic impact of acute nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: is it safe? %A Xu, Bo %A Mehra, Reena %J Journal of Thoracic Disease %D 2017 %B 2017 %9 %! The hemodynamic impact of acute nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: is it safe? %K %X Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an important genetically inherited form of cardiomyopathy (1). In its obstructive form, dynamic left ventricular tract (LVOT) obstruction is a salient feature of the disease, and has been shown to be a strong independent predictor of progression to New York Heart Association functional III or IV heart failure, and increased mortality (2). %U https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/13659 %V 9 %N 6 %P 1409-1411 %@ 2077-6624