Live three-dimensional transthoracic contrast echocardiographic assessment of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
We describe an adult patient in whom live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography combined with intravenous use of an echo contrast agent was useful in making a definitive diagnosis of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and in characterizing the nature and full extent of the hypertrophy.
Frans
Ebenezer E
EE
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Nanda
Navin C
NC
Patel
Vinod
V
Fonbah
William S
WS
Vengala
Srinivas
S
Mehmood
Farhat
F
Bodiwala
Kunal
K
D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013909:Thorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology