Multiple Choice
You are a physician and one of your young patients is an athlete with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) .Which of the following would not characterize your patient?
A) Decreased efficiency of contractions of cardiac muscle
B) Decreased workload of the heart
C) Thickened walls of the heart
D) Partial blockage of the aorta that impedes emptying of the left ventricle
E) Disruption of signals that coordinate heart contractions
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