title: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a patient with Crohn's disease: a case report.
abstract: Cardiac manifestations of Crohn's disease are rare; the most common is pericarditis. In the present report we briefly describe a 56-year-old man with Crohn's disease who presented to the emergency department due to paroxysmal atrial flutter. A transthoracic echocardiographic study revealed asymmetric left ventricular hypertrophy without outflow pressure gradient. Reviewing the literature, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has not been previously described in patients with Crohn's disease.
authors.forename: Konstantinos P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Letsas
authors.forename: Stavros P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kounas
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Evangelou
authors.forename: Loukas K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Pappas
authors.forename: Michalis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Efremidis
authors.forename: Antonios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sideris
authors.forename: Fotis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kardaras
mesh_terms: D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged