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Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 1994 Sep;90(3):1200–1209. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.90.3.1200

Table 3.

Left Ventricular Regional Thickness and Thickening in Patients With HCM and Healthy Controls

	Thickness, mm		Fractional Thickening		Thickening, mm

	HCM	Controls	HCM	Controls	HCM	Controls
Anterior	16.7±3.5	8.4±1.2^*	0.23±0.18	0.53±0.25^*	3.6±2.7	4.2±1.5^*
Lateral	14.9±3.3^†	9.2±1.3^*	0.38±0.24^†	0.56±0.25^*	4.9±2.8^†	5.0±1.8
Posterior	1 5.0±4.5^†	8.3±1.2^*	0.35±0.24^†	0.58±0.24^*	4.5±2.6^†	4.7±1.6
Septal	16.7±5.1	8.4±0.9^*	0.28±0.20	0.54±0.19^*	3.9±2.8	4.5±1.3^*
Mean±SD	15.8±4.2	8.6±1.2^*	0.31±0.22	0.56±0.23	4.2±2.8	4.6±1.6

HCM indicates hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

^*

P<.01, compared with patients with HCM;

^†

P<.05, compared with septal and anterior regions.