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. 2009 Jul 26;7:37. doi: 10.1186/1476-7120-7-37

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of 123 patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Age, years 52.3 ± 15.6 (16 to 83)
Age of initial diagnosis, years 48.3 ± 16.4 (5 to 81)

Male gender 82 (66.6%)

Referral patients 68 (55.8%)

Non-referral patients 55 (44.7%)

Clinical status

Asymptomatic 56(45.5%)

Symptomatic 67 (54.5%)

Patients with NYHA class II 52 (42.2%)

Patients with NYHA class III/IV 15(12.1%)

Family history of premature SD 8 (6.5%)

Syncope 17 (13.8%)

ABPR 30 (24.4%)

NSVT 17 (13.8%)

Atrial fibrillation

Paroxysmal 11 (8.9%)

Permanent 7 (5.7%)

Progression to Dilated Cardiomyopathy 9 (7.3%)

ECG

Normal 12 (9.8%)

Abnormal 111 (90.2%)

Other disease

Coronary artery disease 6 (4.8%)

Diabetes 6 (4.8%)

Hypertension 17 (13.8%)