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Comparison of Clinical Features in Blacks Versus Whites With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
The American journal of cardiology - 1 Jun 2016
Sorensen Lars L, Pinheiro Aurelio, Dimaano Veronica Lea, Pozios Iraklis, Nowbar Alexandra, Liu Hongyun, Luo Hong-Chang, Lin Xiaoping, Olsen Niels T, Hansen Thomas F, Sogaard Peter, Abraham Maria R, Abraham Theodore P
Abstract excerpt
To date, there has not been a large systematic examination of the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) phenotype in blacks versus whites. In this study, we investigate differences in presentation of HC between blacks and whites. We included 441 consecutive patients with HC seen at the Johns Hopkins HC clinic in the period from February 2005 to June 2012. We compared 76 blacks for clinical presentation,...
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