Transient ischemic attack with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
A 66-year-old Turkish male patient admitted to our emergency department with a transient ischemic attack (TIA) is described. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and an ECG sinus rhythm. Transesophageal echocardiography detected severe spontaneous echocontrast (SEC) in the left atrial (LA) cavity with apical hypertrophy.
Ceyhan
Ceyhun
C
Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey.
Tekten
Tarkan
T
Onbaşili
O Alper
OA
Ercan
Ertugrul
E
D000368:Aged; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male