title: The progression of symmetrical left ventricular hypertrophy in a 54-year-old man: a case report with a 10.5-year follow-up and literatures review.
abstract: Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (AHCM) is a well-known clinical entity, which is characterized by LV apex hypertrophy and the giant negative T wave at ECG and a spade-like left ventricle. It is a uncommon morphologic variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and AHCM appears to be particularly common in Asia whose prevalence was 15% and 3% of all the HCM patients in Japan and USA, respectively. In this case, we present a dramatic progress from symmetrical left ventricular hypertrophy to AHCM with apical aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Hospital of ITCWM (Tianjin Nankai Hospital) No.6, Changjiang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300100, China.
authors.forename: Lianfang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Hospital of ITCWM (Tianjin Nankai Hospital) No.6, Changjiang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300100, China.
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dai
keywords: Left ventricular hypertrophy; apical aneurysm; apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy