Clinical characteristics and survival of children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in China: A multicentre retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few data on paediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are available in developing countries. A multicentre, retrospective, cohort study was conducted to profile the clinical characteristics and survival of children with HCM in China.

Methods

We collected longitudinal data on children with HCM aged 0-18 years at three participating institutions between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2019. Patients were identified by searching for the diagnosis using ICD-10 codes from the electronic medical records database. HCM was diagnosed morphologically with echocardiography or cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. The exclusion criteria were secondary aetiologies of myocardial hypertrophy. The primary outcomes were all-cause death or heart transplantation. The Kaplan

SUBMITTER: Chan W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9157015 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature