Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ApHCM) is a unique disease with pathological LV hypertrophy at the apex. We aimed (1) to evaluate LV twist mechanics in ApHCM and (2) to demonstrate the influence ...

Exercise echo can also aid in the assessment of the dynamic component. LVOTO, defined as a peak gradient >30 mm Hg, is present at rest in one-third of patients with HCM and should be quantified from ...

However, to date, there are no compelling data which confirm the reliability of this technique compared with Doppler echocardiography ... morphology. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, apical variant.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a common but underrecognized cardiac disorder characterized by a heterogenous phenotype that includes increased left ventricular thickness, outflow obstruction, ...

Researchers used speckle tracking echocardiography to estimate RASI using the equation: average apical strain/(average basal strain + mid strain ... meaning that AL-CM should not be ruled out in the ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM ... a prominent left ventricular (LV) apical impulse displaced to the anterior axillary line, fifth intercostal space; a normal first and second heart sounds ...

Cardiac hypertrophy is the abnormal enlargement, or thickening, of the heart muscle, resulting from increases in cardiomyocyte size and changes in other heart muscle components, such as ...

None of his adult children had features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on echocardiography ... 3 weeks after diagnosis of AL amyloidosis. An apical four-chamber view of the left ventricle ...

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