Whole-heart magnetic resonance imaging of isolated subpulmonary stenosis accompanied by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Isolated subvalvular pulmonary stenosis (ISPS) is a rare condition, and it is often accompanied by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. However, diagnosis of ISPS is obscure because of difficulty in comprehension of three-dimensional cardiac anatomy. Whole-heart magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a new, totally non-invasive technique which allows not only depiction of the coronary artery system, but also three-dimensional comprehension of the cardiac structure. We describe a patient with ISPS associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in whom whole-heart MRI was useful to detect and evaluate the cause of ISPS.
Sato
Yuichi
Y
Matsumoto
Naoya
N
Kunimasa
Taeko
T
Matsuo
Shinro
S
Komatsu
Sei
S
Iida
Jun
J
Yoda
Shunichi
S
Tani
Shigemasa
S
Kunimoto
Satoshi
S
Saito
Satoshi
S
Hirayama
Atsushi
A
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D011662:Pulmonary Subvalvular Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*