title: Sustained ventricular tachycardia as a first manifestation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with mid-ventricular obstruction and apical aneurysm in an elderly female patient.
abstract: Sustained ventricular tachycardia complicating left ventricular apical aneurysms has been reported previously solely in middle-aged patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and mid-cavity obstruction. We report a case of an elderly female patient who presented with incessant ventricular tachycardia as the first clinical manifestation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with mid-ventricular obstruction and apical aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: 1st University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Polychronis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dilaveris
authors.affiliation: 1st University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Constantina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aggeli
authors.affiliation: 1st University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Synetos
authors.affiliation: State Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Skiadas
authors.affiliation: 1st University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Christos-Konstantinos
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Antoniou
authors.affiliation: 1st University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Eleftherios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsiamis
authors.affiliation: 1st University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gatzoulis
authors.affiliation: State Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kallikazaros
authors.affiliation: 1st University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tousoulis
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: apical aneurysm; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; mid-ventricular obstruction; ventricular tachycardia