Seventeen year follow-up of a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy which progressed to dilated cardiomyopathy.
The progression of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) has been rarely reported. We report a patient with HCM who had been followed for 17 years and in whom DCM became evident.
D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors