Echocardiography in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Usefulness of Old and New Techniques in the Diagnosis and Pathophysiological Assessment

Overview

Journal Cardiovasc Ultrasound

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialties Cardiology & Vascular Diseases
Radiology

Date 2010 Mar 19

PMID 20236538

Citations 19

Authors

Maria-Angela Losi

Stefano Nistri

Maurizio Galderisi

Sandro Betocchi

Franco Cecchi

Iacopo Olivotto

Eustachio Agricola

Piercarlo Ballo

Simona Buralli

Antonello DAndrea

Arcangelo DErrico

Donato Mele

Susanna Sciomer

Sergio Mondillo

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Abstract

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the most common inherited cardiomyopathy. The identification of patients with HCM is sometimes still a challenge. Moreover, the pathophysiology of the disease is complex because of left ventricular hyper-contractile state, diastolic dysfunction, ischemia and obstruction which can be coexistent in the same patient. In this review, we discuss the current and emerging echocardiographic methodology that can help physicians in the correct diagnostic and pathophysiological assessment of patients with HCM.

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