Gender-Related Differences in the Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

The goal of this study was to assess gender-related differences in a multicenter population with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Little is known regarding the impact of gender on the heterogeneous clinical profile and clinical course of HCM. We studied 969 consecutive HCM patients from Italy and the U.S. followed over 6.2 ± 6.1 years. Male patients had a 3:2 predominance (59%), similar in Italy and the U.S. (p = 0.24). At initial evaluation,...