Validity and reliability of the Thai version of Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire - Adult Form (FAQLQ-AF) and Food Allergy Independent Measure - Adult Form (FAIM-AF).

Background: Food allergy affects the patient's quality of life (QoL) and leads to anxiety and depression. In addition to routine treatment, QoL evaluation should also be performed in patients with food allergies. The validated Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire - Adult Form (FAQLQ-AF) and Food Allergy Independent Measure - Adult Form (FAIM-AF) have been well accepted and available in many languages.

Electrocardiographic predictors of myocardial fibrosis and apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Background: Electrocardiography (ECG) may be an efficacious diagnostic and prognostic tool in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). This study aimed to investigate association between deep T-wave inversion (TWI) and apical HCM, and between fragmented QRS (fQRS) complex and myocardial fibrosis in patients with HCM.

Methods: Patients with documented HCM by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) during 2005-2015 were studied.