Severe left ventricular wall thinning and extensive fibrosis without evolution to end stage disease in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
The authors report the case of a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who developed progressive and severe left ventricular wall thinning, as assessed by two-dimensional echocardiography, despite a preserved supranormal ejection fraction and an absence of cardiac symptoms. Extensive fibrosis was identified on cardiovascular magnetic resonance.
Assenza
Gabriele Egidy
GE
Department of Cardiology II, Faculty of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. gabriele.assenza@uniroma1.it
Spirito
Paolo
P
Musumeci
Maria Beatrice
MB
Lombardi
Massimo
M
Quarta
Giovanni
G
Autore
Camillo
C
D000328:Adult; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male