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SUBMITTER: Shako D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9326012 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shako Daiki D Kawasaki Tatsuya T Yamano Michiyo M Matoba Satoaki S
Journal of cardiology cases 20211117 4
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) can involve the right ventricle (RV), although RV hypertrophy usually exists with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and the severity of hypertrophy is milder in the RV than in the LV. We report a case of isolated extreme RV hypertrophy with a maximum RV wall thickness of 40 mm. A 72-year-old man presented with an abnormal electrocardiogram and isolated hypertrophy of the RV apex was found on echocardiography. A diagnosis of HCM was made based on myocardial featu ...[more]