Lowering the Recommended Maximal Wall Thickness Threshold Improves Diagnostic Sensitivity in Asians With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

BACKGROUND: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is defined as left ventricular end-diastolic maximal wall thickness (WT(Max)) ≥15.0 mm, without accounting for ethnicity, sex, and body size. It is well-established that Asians have smaller hearts than do Caucasians. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to examin...

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Autores principales: Le, Thu-Thao, Huang, Benjamin, Pua, Chee Jian, Tornekar, Vineet, Schumacher-Maurer, Annette, Toh, Desiree-Faye, Bryant, Jennifer, Ang, Briana, Corden, Ben, Prasad, Sanjay K., Tang, Hak-Chiaw, Cook, Stuart A., Chin, Calvin W.L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9627927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36338161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacasi.2021.07.001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9627927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36338161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacasi.2021.07.001

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