Management of a Rare Variant of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a rare variant of HCM. We present the case of a 26-years-old female who was diagnosed with apical HCM. Her electrocardiogram showed the characteristic T-wave inversions in V2-V5 and her echocardiogram portrayed apical left ventricular hypertrophy. The diag...

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Autores principales: Khalid, Sidra, Sundhu, Murtaza, Sarma, Alinda, Thapa, Bicky, Maroo, Praful
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5856408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29560287
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2074
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author Khalid, Sidra
Sundhu, Murtaza
Sarma, Alinda
Thapa, Bicky
Maroo, Praful
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description Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a rare variant of HCM. We present the case of a 26-years-old female who was diagnosed with apical HCM. Her electrocardiogram showed the characteristic T-wave inversions in V2-V5 and her echocardiogram portrayed apical left ventricular hypertrophy. The diagnosis was confirmed with a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. She was treated with beta blockers. Our case emphasizes that apical HCM is a relatively benign disease. However, due to the emerging evidence of sudden cardiac deaths in these patients, the risk for sudden death needs to be evaluated.
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spelling pubmed-58564082018-03-20 Management of a Rare Variant of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Khalid, Sidra Sundhu, Murtaza Sarma, Alinda Thapa, Bicky Maroo, Praful Cureus Cardiology Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a rare variant of HCM. We present the case of a 26-years-old female who was diagnosed with apical HCM. Her electrocardiogram showed the characteristic T-wave inversions in V2-V5 and her echocardiogram portrayed apical left ventricular hypertrophy. The diagnosis was confirmed with a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. She was treated with beta blockers. Our case emphasizes that apical HCM is a relatively benign disease. However, due to the emerging evidence of sudden cardiac deaths in these patients, the risk for sudden death needs to be evaluated. Cureus 2018-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5856408/ /pubmed/29560287 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2074 Text en Copyright © 2018, Khalid et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5856408/
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