title: Multiple myocardial crypts: multimodality imaging evaluation.
abstract: We describe a rare case of multiple myocardial crypts with atypical septal localization, evaluated with multimodality imaging. Although myocardial crypts seem to be more prevalent in hypertensive and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients, they are also occasionally found in apparently normal patients. Their clinical significance remains poorly understood.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho Hospital Center, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. joaotgalmeida@gmail.com.
authors.forename: João
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9434-7061
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gonçalves Almeida
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho Hospital Center, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ladeiras-Lopes
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho Hospital Center, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
authors.forename: Nuno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bettencourt
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho Hospital Center, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
authors.forename: Nuno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho Hospital Center, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho Hospital Center, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
authors.forename: Vasco
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gama Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000072226:Computed Tomography Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
keywords: contrast echocardiography; multimodality imaging; myocardial crypts