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. 2003 Jul;89(7):752–756. doi: 10.1136/heart.89.7.752

Table 1.

Timing and reason for diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Time of diagnosis Number of women Age at diagnosis, (years) (mean (SD), range) Diagnosis as a result of symptomatic presentation Diagnosis as a result of an incidental finding on examination Diagnosis as part of family screening Cardiac symptoms reported before pregnancy Cardiac symptoms reported during pregnancy
Before pregnancy 47 (37%) 21 (2) (14–25) 20 (43%) 19 (40%) 8 (17%) 21 (45%) 23 (49%)
During pregnancy 27 (21%) 24 (3) (19–29) 8 (30%) 19 (70%) 0 (0%) 8 (30%) 8 (30%)
Between pregnancies 15 (12%) 23 (4) (21–30) 5 (33%) 7 (47%) 3 (20%) 4 (27%) 2 (13%)
After all pregnancies completed 38 (30%) 36 (7) (27–54) 16 (42%) 15 (39%) 7 (19%) 10 (26%) 3 (5%)