Is female sex associated with worse survival and heart failure in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Female sex is associated with worse survival and heart failure outcomes in Chinese patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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.
Wang et al. (Mon,) studied this question.
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