医学
肥厚性心肌病
心脏病学
内科学
肌肉肥大
突变
心肌肥大
心肌病
左心室肥大
心力衰竭
遗传学
血压
基因
生物
作者
Aoife N. Keeling,James Carr,Lubna Choudhury
标识
DOI:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp528
摘要
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an autosomal dominant cardiac disorder, characterized by primary left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), which may result in sudden death secondary to ventricular arrhythmia particularly in the young or diastolic heart failure at any age. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allows quantification of myocardial thickness, function, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, and myocardial scarring. Right ventricular hypertrophy and scarring in HCM is not widely documented. A 37-year-old male, with known HCM, presented complaining of intermittent palpitations and occasional light headedness, without exertional symptoms. Electrocardiogram demonstrated LVH by voltage, ( Panel A ) confirmed by echocardiogram …
科研通智能强力驱动
Strongly Powered by AbleSci AI