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. 2025 May 30;23:318. doi: 10.1186/s12916-025-04142-7

Table 4.

Associations between LV regional trabeculation and outcomes in patients with HCM

Variants MACEs HF Thromboembolic events Ventricular arrhythmias
Adjusted HR (95% CI) Adjusted P-value Adjusted HR (95% CI) Adjusted P-value Adjusted HR (95% CI) P-value Adjusted HR (95% CI) Adjusted P-value
Extent of LV trabeculation, regional analysis
 Base 1.134 (0.943–1.363) 0.182 1.193 (0.857–1.662) 0.296 1.194 (0.726–1.964) 0.484 1.167 (0.860–1.583) 0.321
 Midventricular area 1.103 (0.865–1.406) 0.430 1.010 (0.551–1.854) 0.973 0.903 (0.649–1.257) 0.546 1.633 (1.155–2.309) 0.006
 Apical area 1.221 (1.072–1.391) 0.003 1.381 (1.114–1.711) 0.003 1.240 (1.004–1.531) 0.046 1.213 (0.965–1.526) 0.098
 Septum 1.192 (0.947–1.502) 0.135 1.381 (0.927–2.059) 0.113 1.181 (0.766–1.821) 0.451 1.388 (1.019–1.890) 0.037
 Anterior free wall 1.107 (0.917–1.337) 0.289 1.415 (1.072–1.868) 0.014 1.213 (0.859–1.713) 0.274 1.119 (0.854–1.466) 0.416
 Inferior free wall 1.271 (1.103–1.465)  < 0.001 1.340 (1.064–1.687) 0.013 1.383 (1.096–1.746) 0.006 1.188 (0.884–1.596) 0.253
 Lateral free wall 1.123 (0.959–1.314) 0.151 1.218 (0.883–1.681) 0.230 0.979 (0.772–1.241) 0.860 1.208 (0.946–1.542) 0.130

Models were adjusted for age, sex, New York Heart Association functional class, syncope, atrial fibrillation, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, carotid artery disease, chronic kidney disease, history of stroke, family history of sudden cardiac death, treatment strategies (septal reduction therapy or medical therapy alone), maximal left ventricular (LV) wall thickness, left ventricular ejection fraction, left atrial diameter, LV end-diastolic diameter, LV end-diastolic volume index, LV outflow tract gradient, LV apical aneurysm and late gadolinium enhancement extent