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01-12-2016 | Poster presentation
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) characteristics in apical versus non-apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
Authors:
Amardeep Ghosh Dastidar, Priyanka Singhal, Giuseppe Venuti, Antonio Matteo Amadu, Anna Baritussio, Alessandra Scatteia, Estefania De Garate, Chris B Lawton, Jonathan C Rodrigues, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci
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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
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Special Issue 1/2016
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Excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiac disorder, and the most common cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young adults. The 3 main phenotypes are asymmetric, concentric or apical, with asymmetric being the most common. Literature suggests apical HCM to be a rare variant (variable prevalence) with better prognosis but the data is limited. …