title: Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy presenting as acute subendocardial myocardial infarction.
abstract: Two patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy presented with angina at rest and giant inverted T waves in precordial leads on the electrocardiogram. At cardiac catheterisation one patient had mild coronary artery disease, the other had normal coronary arteries. In both, there was a systolic pressure gradient between the apex and main left ventricular cavity exceeding 100 mmHg. The presence of rest angina with the electrocardiographic findings lead to a mistaken, initial diagnosis of acute subendocardial myocardial infarction.
authors: Killingbeck Hospital, Non-invasive Unit, Leeds, UK.
authors: A A
authors: AA
authors: Cubukçu
authors: P J
authors: PJ
authors: Scott
authors: G J
authors: GJ
authors: Williams
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*