A Practical Approach to Echocardiographic Imaging in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Carol C Mitchell; Cody Frye; Madeline Jankowski; John Symanski; Steven J Lester; Anna Woo; Yvonne Gilliland; Andreea Dragulescu; Theodore Abraham; Milind Desai; Matthew W Martinez; Sherif F Nagueh; Dermot Phelan

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2023.04.020

A Practical Approach to Echocardiographic Imaging in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2023 Sep;36(9):913-932. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2023.04.020. Epub 2023 May 7.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
² Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina.
³ Division of Cardiology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.
⁴ Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona.
⁵ Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
⁷ Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ University of California, San Francisco, California.
⁹ Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
¹⁰ Atlantic Health, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey.
¹¹ Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
¹² Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 37160197
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2023.04.020

Abstract

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is frequently unrecognized or misdiagnosed. The recently published consensus recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography provided recommendations for the utilization of multimodality imaging in the care of patients with HCM. This document provides an additional practical framework for optimal image and measurement acquisition and guidance on how to tailor the echocardiography examination for individuals with HCM. It also provides resources for physicians and sonographers to use to develop HCM imaging protocols.

Keywords: Echocardiography; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Imaging; Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic* / diagnostic imaging
Echocardiography
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Multimodal Imaging
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction*