Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mimicking acute myocardial infarction.
Thrombolytic therapy was given to a 77-year-old man with typical ischemic chest pain and unequivocal electrocardiographic ST-segment elevations at the emergency department. The diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction was excluded during hospitalization and the patient was found to have apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with apical aneurysm formation and mid-ventricular obstruction.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan.
C S
CS
Lin
C H
CH
Chen
P Y
PY
Ding
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists