Open AccessAn unusual ST-segment elevation: Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy shows the ace up its sleeve
Author(s) -
Francesco De Santis,
Amedeo Pergolini,
Giordano Zampi,
Gaetano Pero,
Paolo Giuseppe Pino,
Giovanni Minardi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
revista portuguesa de cardiologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.266
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2174-2030
pISSN - 0870-2551
DOI - 10.1016/j.repc.2012.11.013
Subject(s) - hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , medicine , cardiology , cardiomyopathy , heart failure
Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is part of the broad clinical and morphologic spectrum of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We report a patient with electrocardiographic abnormalities in whom acute coronary syndrome was excluded and apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was demonstrated by careful differential diagnosis.
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