Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in association with pulmonary artery hypertension.

نویسندگان

  • Mehdi Peighambari
  • Mozghan Parsaei
  • Anita Sadeghpour
  • Azin Alizadehasl
چکیده

Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is an uncommon condition constituting 1% -2% of the cases with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) diagnosis. We interestingly report two patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in association with significant pulmonary artery hypertension without any other underlying reason for pulmonary hypertension. The patients were assessed by echocardiography, cardiac catheterization and pulmonary function parameters study.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of cardiovascular and thoracic research

دوره 4 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012