Indian Heart Journal (Jul 2015)

Severe biventricular hypertrophy mimicking infiltrative cardiomyopathy in old man with pulmonary stenosis and systemic hypertension

  • Süleyman Çağan Efe,
  • Gokhan Kahveci,
  • Ruken Bengi Bakal,
  • Suzan Hatipoğlu Akpinar,
  • Tuba Unkun,
  • Nihal Ozdemir

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2015.04.020
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 67, no. 4
pp. 375 – 376

Abstract

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Hypertrophic biventricular cardiomyopathy is a rare finding and generally caused by systemic infiltrative diseases. Its association with pulmonary stenosis in same patient is even rarer. We report a case report of male patient with biventricular hypertrophy coexisting with pulmonary valve stenosis and systemic hypertension.

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