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Female Sex Is Associated with Worse Prognosis in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in China

Yilu Wang, Jizheng Wang, Yubao Zou, Jingru Bao, Kai Sun, Ling Zhu, Tao Tian, Shen Hu, Xianliang Zhou, Ferhaan Ahmad,

PLoS ONE · 2014 · 65 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

Our results suggest that female sex is associated with worse survival and heart failure in HCM patients. Further studies are required to determine whether female hormones modify the clinical expression and prognosis of HCM.

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