Population
134 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy identified from 6,680 patients referred for echocardiography…
Comparison
Echocardiography vs Clinical diagnosis prior to echocardiography
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Echocardiography is essential when HCM is suspected; leaves open whether clinician training can improve pre-imaging diagnosis rates.
Echocardiography is essential for accurately diagnosing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, as clinical evaluation alone missed the diagnosis in over 94% of cases in this Tanzanian cohort.
Maro et al. (2006) studied this question.