Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in an adolescent.
To our knowledge, this is one of the few reported cases of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in an adolescent patient in the United States. We describe a clinical presentation of an adolescent male who presented for cardiac evaluation and was found to have an apical variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Abdy
Nicole A
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA. namccoy@email.arizona.edu
Valdes
Santiago O
SO
Sorrell
Vincent L
VL
Klewer
Scott E
SE
Barber
Brent J
BJ
D000293:Adolescent; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male