Current Research in MRI (Aug 2024)

Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report

  • Mutlu Buyuklu,
  • Duzgun Can Senbil ,
  • Ayse Sena Celik

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5152/CurrResMRI.2024.24091
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 67 – 70

Abstract

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In this case report, a patient with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (AHCM) who presented to the emergency department with chest pain is presented. The symptoms, clinical findings, diagnostic methods, differential diagnosis, and treatment options for apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are briefly described. An uncommon type of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, AHCM typically affects the left ventricle’s apex.