Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with left ventricular apical aneurysm: prevalence, cardiac magnetic resonance characteristics, and prognosis

Kai Yang, Yanyan Song, Xiuyu Chen, Jiaxin Wang, Lu Li, Gang Yin, Yucong Zheng, Meng-Die Wei, Minjie Lu, Shihua Zhao

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging · 2020 · 64 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

ApHCM with LVAA is a very rare condition, which is often missed by echocardiography and could be reliably detected with CMR and is associated with a higher risk of adverse cardiovascular events compared with ApHCM without LVAA.

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