Two Classic Hemodynamic Findings for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy | Zendy

Andreas S. Barth | Zendy; Theodore P. Abraham | Zendy; Chiadi E. Ndumele | Zendy; Sammy Zakaria | Zendy

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Two Classic Hemodynamic Findings for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Author(s) -

Andreas S. Barth,

Theodore P. Abraham,

Chiadi E. Ndumele,

Sammy Zakaria

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.006904

Subject(s) - hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , medicine , cardiology , hemodynamics , ventricular outflow tract , ventricular outflow tract obstruction , left ventricular hypertrophy , cardiomyopathy , heart failure , blood pressure

An echocardiogram performed on a 72-year–old man with exertional dyspnea revealed asymmetrical septal hypertrophy (maximum thickness, 1.8 mm) and turbulent flow in the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT; Movie I in the online-only Data Supplement) with a resting gradient of 62 mm Hg and a peak provoked gradient of 166 mm Hg after Valsalva maneuver (Figure, A and B), consistent with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Systolic anterior motion of the distal tips …

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