title: A point-score system for the differential diagnosis between idiopathic cardiomyopathy and ischemic heart disease.
abstract: A point-score system made from sympatoms, electrocardiographic findings, auscultation, and chest X-ray has been presented for the differential diagnosis among congestive cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and ischemic heart disease. This system involved a multivariate analysis of 188 cases in which the diagnoses were established by typical echocardiographic findings, invasive examinations or autopsies. The accuracy of diagnosis by this point-score system was 91.5%. This point-score system appears to be useful as a screening test in differentiating idiopathic cardiomyopathy from ischemic heart disease.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006326:Heart Auscultation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged