Prevalence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a population of adult japanese workers as detected by echocardiographic screening

Epidemiology and genetics of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

“…[7,8] Apical HCM constitutes 25% of cases in Japan but only 8-10% cases in the non-Japanese population, [9,10] whereas our study revealed only 5.5% of apical HCM cases. Further only 2% cases of concentric HCM were observed, which is low compared to other reports of 20-25%.…”

Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of Cardiomyopathies in Japan. Results From Nationwide Surveys.

“…10 Hada et al 24 and Kuroda et al 19 reported a prevalence of HCM in Japan of 170 and 374 per 100,000 individuals, respectively. In Western countries, the prevalence of HCM varies between 19.7 and 1,100 per 100,000.…”

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in South Western Nigeria

“…However a few others were diagnosed during routine echocardiography done for comprehensive medical evaluation. (12) et al (13) et al The commonest symptom seen in this study was chest pain. This was sometimes atypical in nature.…”

“…This is in keeping with the male preponderance reported by other workers. (1,12,13) The four cases reported by George et al were all males. However…”