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Joo and Kim: The Echocardiographic Study on the 13 Patients with the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Abstract

The echocardiographic study was performed to 13 cases with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and 105 normal persons between Nov. 1980 and Feb. 1982 in Heart center, Paik Hospital, In-Je Medical College, Busan, Korea.
The left ventricular functions in the Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy were compared with those in the normal.
The results were followings:
1. There were 10 male and 3 female of 13 cases with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, whose ages were above 20 years old.
2. LVDeD 4.29±0.60cm, LVSeD 2.85±0.66cm, LVDeV 82.06±24.66ml and LVSeV 26.91±9.21ml in the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy were significantly changed with those in the normal.
3. E.F. 68.63±10.46% and F.S. 34.32±6.43% in the Hypertrophic Cardiomopathy were significantly increased with those in the normal.
4. VSTh 1.66±0.37cm, LVPWTh 1.04±0.29cm in the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy were significantly increased with those in the normal.

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