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.
Department of Cardiology II, Faculty of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. gabriele.assenza@uniroma1.it
Gabriele Egidy
GE
Assenza
Paolo
P
Spirito
Maria Beatrice
MB
Musumeci
Massimo
M
Lombardi
Giovanni
G
Quarta
Camillo
C
Autore
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