Echocardiography
July 2019
Background: Echocardiography- and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)-based studies have revealed a wide range of phenotypic manifestations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) apart from hypertrophy. This study sought to comprehensively describe a number of structural abnormalities in HCM beyond hypertrophy, by multimodality imaging.
Methods: A total of 100 HCM patients were prospectively enrolled, undergoing standard and contrast echocardiography, and CMR.