Article
Clinical utility of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance - 1 Feb 2012
Maron Martin S
Abstract excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is characterized by substantial genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity, leading to considerable diversity in clinical course including the most common cause of sudden death in young people and a determinant of heart failure symptoms in patients of any age. Traditionally, two-dimensional echocardiography has been the most reliable method for establishing a clinical diagnosis of HCM....
Topics
- Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic, Familial
- Contrast Media
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac
- Disease Progression
- Fibrosis
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Heart Failure
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Mitral Valve
