Characteristics and Outcomes of Elderly Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

ABSTRACT: Background We report characteristics and outcomes of elderly patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with basal septal hypertrophy and dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Methods and Results We studied 1110 consecutive elderly patients with HCM (excluding moderate or greater aortic stenosis or subaortic membrane, age 80±5 years [range, 75-92 years], 66% women), evaluated at our center between June 2002 and December 2018. Clinical and echocardiographic data, including maximal left ventricular outflow tract gradient, were recorded. The primary outcome was death and appropriate internal defibrillator discharge. Hypertension was observed in 72%, with a Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) score (8.6±6); while 80% had no HCM-related sudden cardiac death risk factors. Left

SUBMITTER: Alashi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7955450 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature