In non-Asiatic population, apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy represents 1% to 2% of hypertrophic cardiomyopathies. The presence of an apical ventricular aneurysm occurs in 1% of patients with the apical variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Methods and Results: We present two patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, both illustrating an early diastolic paradoxic jet flow between the apex and the middle area of ventricle. Such paradoxic flow is possibly due to the coexistence of mid-chamber obliteration and segmental wall motion abnormalities at the apex. The incidence and clinical significance of this flow pattern is still to be clarified.
Diastolic paradoxic jet flow in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: report of two patients with different morphologic aspects.
CARERJ, Scipione;PUGLIATTI, PIETRO;
2003-01-01
Abstract
In non-Asiatic population, apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy represents 1% to 2% of hypertrophic cardiomyopathies. The presence of an apical ventricular aneurysm occurs in 1% of patients with the apical variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Methods and Results: We present two patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, both illustrating an early diastolic paradoxic jet flow between the apex and the middle area of ventricle. Such paradoxic flow is possibly due to the coexistence of mid-chamber obliteration and segmental wall motion abnormalities at the apex. The incidence and clinical significance of this flow pattern is still to be clarified.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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