title: [Clinical characteristics and hypertrophic segments distribution of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to analyze the clinical data and hypertrophic segments distribution of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).
  
  
  METHODS
  clinical data including signs and symptoms, electrocardiogram and echocardiography were collected. All patients were imaged with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR).
  
  
  RESULTS
  from March 2004 to March 2007, 225 consecutive patients [163 males, mean age (50.4 ± 14.5) years] with CMR defined HCM were included in this study, positive familial history was obtained in 73 patients, 50 patients were associated with hypertension, 14 patients with coronary artery disease and 5 patients with diabetes mellitus, 28 patients were asymptomatic, 197 patients were symptomatic, and 11 patients with syncope. Electrocardiogram abnormalities occurred in 216 patients. Systolic murmurs were present in 126 patients. Echocardiography examination evidenced left ventricular outflow obstruction in 95 patients, mitral insufficiency in 32 patients, 32.1% segments were hypertrophied, asymmetrical hypertrophy presented in 222 patients and symmetrical hypertrophy in 3 patients. The left atrial dimension was (39.4 ± 8.3) mm, and left ventricular diastolic dimension was (47.8 ± 5.5) mm in this cohort. Apical hypertrophy occurred in 67 patients. The thickness of ventricular septum was (24.3 ± 5.3) mm in obstructive HCM and (21.6 ± 4.6) mm in non-obstructive HCM (P < 0.05). The thickness of hypertrophy apical segment was (15.6 ± 3.4) mm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HCM in Chinese patients is characterized by the high prevalence among men and late onset of presentation. Combining clinical, electrocardiogram, echocardiographic and CMR results are of importance for correctly diagnosing HCM in daily practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cardiovascular Institute and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.
authors.forename: Chao-wu
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: YAN
authors.forename: Shi-hua
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: ZHAO
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: LI
authors.forename: Shi-liang
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: JIANG
authors.forename: Min-jie
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: LU
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: ZHANG
authors.forename: Yun-qing
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: WEI
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: LING
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: FANG
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult