Clinical features and prognosis of 188 Chinese patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy / 中华心血管病杂志
Chinese Journal of Cardiology
; (12): 106-109, 2011.
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To analyze the clinical characteristics and prognosis of Chinese patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (AHCM).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 188 patients with AHCM diagnosed at Fuwai Hospital were included in this retrospective study. Clinical characteristics, mortality and cardiovascular morbidity were analyzed. A multiple logistic regression was performed to adjust for potential confounding factors.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Males predominated with a number of 139 (73.9%) in this cohort. Patient's age ranged from 15 to 81 (51.9 ± 12.6) years. There were 120 patients (63.8%) with "pure" type and 68 patients (36.2%) with "mixed" type of AHCM, 171 patients were followed up for (5.0 ± 3.0) years, cardiovascular mortality was 1.2%, 28 patients (16.4%) experienced one or more cardiovascular events.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The prevalence of AHCM is high in Chinese HCM patients, pure type AHCM is more common, and AHCM patients have a benign clinical course.</p>
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Assunto principal:
Prognóstico
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Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica
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Epidemiologia
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Diagnóstico
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Zh
Revista:
Chinese Journal of Cardiology
Ano de publicação:
2011
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Article