title: Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with unusual features in a Greek woman.
abstract: We present a Mediterranean female patient with abnormal electrocardiographic findings and a history of shortness of breath during excessive effort (NYHA I) in whom apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with unusual features was detected by echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. There was a single fused apical hypertrophic papillary muscle and akinesia of the left ventricular apical segment. Abnormal left ventricular filling was also detected by Doppler echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kranidis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Filippatos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mavrogeni
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kostopoulos
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kappos
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kardaras
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fehske
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Anthopoulos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left