LCD for Hospice - Determining Terminal Status (L25678)

Chest roentgenography may be normal, although a mild to moderate increase in the cardiac silhouette is common. The mainstay of the diagnosis of HCM is the echocardiogram ( Fig. 238-6), which demonstrates left ventricular hypertrophy, often with the septum 1.3 or more times the thickness of the high posterior left ventricular free wall. ................
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