title: Myocardial fibrosis in a patient with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy detected by delayed-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: We report a case of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) presenting with non-sustained ventricular tachycardia. Whole-heart magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed normal coronary arteries and confirmed the diagnosis of apical HCM. First-pass gadolinium delayed-enhanced MRI showed local delayed enhancement in the endomyocardium in the hypertrophic lesion. The presence of perfusion defect and delayed enhancement may be a marker of a high-risk patient with apical HCM.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Taeko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kunimasa
authors.forename: Shinro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoda
authors.forename: Shigemasa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kunimoto
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirayama
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged