title: A case showing a rare evolution from hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy to "dilated" cardiomyopathy demonstrated by echocardiography.
abstract: A 20-year-old woman whose echocardiograms showed a rare evolution from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (initially with obstruction and 4 years later without obstruction) to dilated cardiomyopathy over an 8-year observation period is described.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors