Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, are low-risk patients really at low risk? A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetically determined myocardial disease that constitutes the main cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young athletes. Apical HCM (ApHCM) represents a complex subset of patients, whose risk of SCD seems not negligible. Most applied scores likely underestimate the risk of heart events in this subset of patients.

Case summary

We report the case of a 55-year-old man who was admitted in the emergency department after an episode of aborted sudden death due to ventricular fibrillation. The electrocardiogram made at admission was noted for atrial fibrillation and a new-onset left bundle branch block. Emergency coronary angiography was normal. The electrocardiogram was repeated and showed symmetrical and profound inversion of T w

SUBMITTER: Files Flores R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7649509 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature