Affiliation:
1. Department of Medical Ultrasound Shandong Medicine and Health Key Laboratory of Abdominal Medical Imaging The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University Jinan China
2. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Shandong Engineering Research Center for Health Transplant and Material The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University Jinan China
Abstract
AbstractApical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (AHCM) is a relatively rare phenotype of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which is characterized by focal thickening of the left ventricular (LV) apical myocardium, showing a spade‐shaped shadow on the left ventricle. We present the case of a 59‐year‐old man who was found to have AHCM, is an asymptomatic orthotopic heart transplantation (HTx) patient. This rare and progressive case of LV apical hypertrophy emerged from the fourth year post surgery. We analyzed the etiology of this case and summarized the clinical manifestations and prognosis of AHCM following HTx by reviewing our case and the literature.
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging