Open AccessPrediagnostic electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings of biopsy‐proven hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Seki Shunji,
Yamashita Erika,
Tanoue Kazuyuki,
Nuruki Norihito,
Sonoda Masahiro,
Ohno Seiko,
IshibashiUeda Hatsue,
Tanaka Yuji,
Yoshinaga Masao
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of arrhythmia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.463
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1883-2148
pISSN - 1880-4276
DOI - 10.1002/joa3.12110
Subject(s) - medicine , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , cardiology , cardiomyopathy , heart failure
We present two cases of biopsy‐proven hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ( HCM ). Both cases showed abnormal electrocardiographic ( ECG ) findings more than 8 years before diagnosis. A 16‐year‐old healthy male experienced a rescued cardiac arrest. Another male adolescent showed abnormal Q wave and thickened ventricular wall at 15 years old. Retrospective analyses of ECG s performed at 6 years old indicated abnormal ECG findings. However, the diagnosis was normal because no ventricular wall thickening was present in echocardiography. For early diagnosis of HCM to prevent sudden cardiac arrest or death, it is essential to establish ECG and echocardiographic criteria to screen HCM in the young.