Mahsa Nourani, Mehdi Mirzaie, Mohammad Ali Sadr-Ameli, Amirfarjam Fazelifar, Majid Haghjoo
BACKGROUND: Electrocardiography (ECG), as an easily accessible modality, is usually helpful in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of ECG in differentiating between obstructive (OHCM) and non-obstructive (NOHCM) HCM. METHODS: The present study is a cross-sectional analysis of HCM patients referred to our center between 2008 and 2017. The study variables included age, sex, clinical presentation, medications, and ECG characteristics including PR interval, QRS width, QTc duration, Tpeak-Tend interval, QRS axis, QRS transition, ventricular hypertrophies, atrial abnormalities, ST-T abnormalities, and abnormal Q waves...
January 2023: Journal of Tehran Heart Center