Article
Multiple myocardial crypts on modified long-axis view are a specific finding in pre-hypertrophic HCM mutation carriers.
European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging - 1 Apr 2012
Brouwer Wessel P, Germans Tjeerd, Head Maaike C, van der Velden Jolanda, Heymans Martijn W, Christiaans Imke, Houweling Arjan C, Wilde Arthur A, van Rossum Albert C
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Crypts can be found with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) mutation carriers without hypertrophy (carriers) using a modified two-chamber view through the inferoseptum, but also in other patients and healthy individuals with standard long-axis views. Since it is currently unknown if carriers display a specific crypt morphology, we compared crypts in carriers...
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