title: CT characterization of myocardial substrate in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
abstract: We present a case that demonstrates myocardial fibrosis detected on a cardiac computed tomography study performed for the evaluation of chest pain in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We describe the correlation between echocardiographic strain imaging, quantitative positron emission tomography, and computed tomographic evidence of fibrosis and its implications in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Electronic address: roscogore@usa.net.
authors.forename: Rosco
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gore
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Richard T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Delayed CT; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Myocardial fibrosis