Severe left ventricular wall thinning and extensive fibrosis without evolution to end stage disease in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2009 Oct;22(10):1196.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.04.011.

Abstract

The authors report the case of a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who developed progressive and severe left ventricular wall thinning, as assessed by two-dimensional echocardiography, despite a preserved supranormal ejection fraction and an absence of cardiac symptoms. Extensive fibrosis was identified on cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / complications*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Echocardiography / methods*
  • Fibrosis
  • Humans
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / complications*
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male