Author/Authors :
Zaher, Nathan Department of Internal Medicine - Wayne State University -Detroit Medical Center, Michigan, USA , Shereef, Hammam Department of Internal Medicine - Beaumont Hospital-Dearborn, Michigan, USA , Al Hussain, Rashid Department of Internal Medicine - Wayne State University -Detroit Medical Center, Michigan, USA , Dawdy, John Division of Cardiology - Wayne State University - Detroit Medical Center, Michigan, USA , Levine, Diane Department of Internal Medicine - Wayne State University -Detroit Medical Center, Michigan, USA , Chadi Alraies, M. Division of Cardiology - Wayne State University - Detroit Medical Center, Michigan, USA
Abstract :
Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (ApHCM) is a rare variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with a low prevalence in the
general population. ApHCM with right ventricular involvement (BiApHCM) is largely unreported and may not be detected
with conventional transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) alone. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) has been demonstrated to
be a proficient imaging modality to diagnose BiApHCM. We present a case of BiApHCM that was diagnosed with TTE and
further characterized by CMR. This imaging modality may be utilized more in the future to help diagnose and detect the
prevalence of BiApHCM.
