title: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: assessment with MR imaging and multidetector CT.
abstract: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic cardiac disease. Its early detection is important because it is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death among young people. However, HCM is often a dilemma for clinicians because it manifests with diverse phenotypic expressions and clinical courses. With the advances in imaging technology, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and multidetector computed tomography (CT) serve as suitable modalities for detecting and characterizing HCM and obtaining information for appropriate management of cases of HCM, although echocardiography is currently the most widely used modality. This article is an overview of the definition of HCM, its various phenotypes, risk stratification of HCM, and the potential application of cardiac MR imaging and multidetector CT for the assessment of HCM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Ju
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: Sang Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Kwang Nam
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Hyon Joo
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kwag
authors.forename: Young Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Byoung Wook
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Whal
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jae Hyung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*