title: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in older patients.
abstract: Hypertrophic cardiomyopalthy can occur at any age, not just in younger patients. An electrocardiogram showing voltage criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy with prominent ST changes and deep T wave inversion should alert the clinician to this possibility Echocardiograpghy will make the diagnosis in the majority of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Poole General Hospital. dan_sado@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Sado
authors.forename: Javed
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Iqbal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography