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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Card Fail. 2013 Apr;19(4):233–239. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2013.03.001

Table 4. Characteristics of Left Ventricular Enlargement, Systolic Dysfunction or Both (DCM).

All data are shown as n; mean ± SD (range) Mutation
Positive
Mutation
Negative
Ages of diagnosis of LVE, systolic dysfunction, or both, all subjects 26; 47.6 ± 12.4
(28-82)
0
  Those diagnosed without ECG abnormality 3; 39.3 ± 8.1
(31-45)
0
  Those with prior known ECG abnormality 16; 51.4 ± 12.5
(35-82)
0
 Systolic dysfunction (EF ≤ 50%) without LVE 9; 47.9 ± 16.4
(31-82)
0
 LVE without systolic dysfunction 5; 43.4 ± 7.4
(35-51)
0
 DCM* 11; 48.7 ± 11.7
(28-64)
0
Characteristics of DCM at diagnosis
 LVEF at diagnosis 22; 39.1 ± 11.5
(16-50)
0
 LVE by z-score 19; 3.4 ± 1.1,
(1.78-5.85)
0
Ages of subjects receiving a heart transplant 8; 56.0 ± 6.3
(48-65)
0
*

One subject was diagnosed with DCM at autopsy and did not have LV size or systolic function available for analysis prior to death