Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy After Heart Transplantation

Hans Gao, MD; Evan Kransdorf, MD; Joseph Ebinger, MD; Michelle M. Kittleson, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (May 2023)

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy After Heart Transplantation

Hans Gao, MD,
Evan Kransdorf, MD,
Joseph Ebinger, MD,
Michelle M. Kittleson, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Hans Gao, MD: Department of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Evan Kransdorf, MD: Department of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Joseph Ebinger, MD: Department of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Michelle M. Kittleson, MD, PhD: Address for correspondence: Dr Michelle M. Kittleson, 8670 Wilshire Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Beverly Hills, California 90211, USA.; Department of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14
p. 101825

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We present 3 heart transplant recipients who developed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy years after transplantation. In all 3 cases, the diagnosis was initially made based on echocardiography and confirmed using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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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