Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: assessment with MR imaging and multidetector CT.
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.
Chun
Eun Ju
EJ
Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
Choi
Sang Il
SI
Jin
Kwang Nam
KN
Kwag
Hyon Joo
HJ
Kim
Young Jin
YJ
Choi
Byoung Wook
BW
Lee
Whal
W
Park
Jae Hyung
JH
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*