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- Title
Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment.
- Authors
Paluszkiewicz, Jerzy; Krasinska, Beata; Milting, Hendrik; Gummert, Jan; Pyda, Małgorzata
- Abstract
Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (AHCM) is a rare form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, occasionally resulting in severe complications. The paper covers the etiology and pathogenesis of AHCM, different imaging methods and characteristic appearance of the disease in each of them. Echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) are known to be the most valuable imaging methods. Moreover, this review presents medical and surgical treatment, as well as the clinical course and prognosis. Despite possible morbid events the overall cardiovascular mortality rate of AHCM patients is low, and the prognosis is relatively optimistic.
- Subjects
CARDIOMYOPATHIES; THERAPEUTICS; CARDIAC magnetic resonance imaging; HYPERTROPHIC cardiomyopathy; APICAL hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Publication
Polish Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery / Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska, 2018, Vol 15, Issue 4, p246
- ISSN
1731-5530
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5114/kitp.2018.80922