Mavacamten in Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction

Jasmine K. Malhi, MD; Richard T. Carrick, MD, PhD; Chloe Duvall, MD; Faisal Rahman, BMBCh; Matthew W. Martinez, MD; Jose Madrazo, MD; Lili A. Barouch, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jul 2024)

Mavacamten in Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction

Jasmine K. Malhi, MD,
Richard T. Carrick, MD, PhD,
Chloe Duvall, MD,
Faisal Rahman, BMBCh,
Matthew W. Martinez, MD,
Jose Madrazo, MD,
Lili A. Barouch, MD

Affiliations

Jasmine K. Malhi, MD: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Richard T. Carrick, MD, PhD: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Chloe Duvall, MD: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Faisal Rahman, BMBCh: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Matthew W. Martinez, MD: Chanin T. Mast Center for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Atlantic Health System, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Jose Madrazo, MD: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Lili A. Barouch, MD: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr Lili A. Barouch, Johns Hopkins University, Division of Cardiology, 5450 Knoll North Drive, Suite 170, Columbia, Maryland 21045, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 14
p. 102397

Abstract

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Right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) obstruction is a rare complication of ventricular hypertrophy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). This study presents an unusual case of a patient with HCM with severe RVOT obstruction that was relieved successfully through the use of mavacamten.

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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