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In addition to conventional echocardiography, strain and strain rates in the left ventricular longitudinal and circumferential directions were measured using layer-specific two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography. Each variable was then compared before and after carvedilol medication.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve disappeared in 14 cats and all cats showed resolved DLVOTO with maximal left ventricular outflow tract blood flow velocity of &amp;lt;2.5 m\/s after carvedilol administration (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01). Circumferential strain in the epicardial layer and in the whole layer was significantly increased after carvedilol administration (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.04, respectively). In contrast, systolic longitudinal strain showed no significant difference between before and after carvedilol administration.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Treatment of obstructive HCM with carvedilol improved DLVOTO and myocardial function without a negative inotropic effect. 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