Table 1.

Clinical, echocardiographic and CMRI characteristics in control subjects and patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Characteristics	Control subjects (n=17)	Patients with HCM (n=24)
Men/women	8/9	11/13
Age, years	38±12	42±13
Vmax, m/s	1.3±0.2	1.4±0.5
LV MRI findings
Maximal wall thickness, mm	9.7±1.7	19.5±4.9**
Mass, g	123±32	151±57
End-diastolic volume, ml	146±25	122±45**
End-systolic volume, ml	56±15	52±29
Hypokinetic segments, %	12±12	37±20**
Ejection fraction, %	61±7	58±7
Perfusion reserve	1.80±0.58	1.12±0.35*
The heterogeneity of late-enhancement, %	12±3	18±11*

V_max indicates maximum velocity in the Doppler signal from the jet in left ventricular outflow tract.

Data are means±SD.

*p<0.05, **p<0.001.

CMRI, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; LV, left ventricular.