Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy echocardiography

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Editors-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Echocardiography is the imaging modality of choice in the diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Diagnostic Fefatures

• Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) most often in an asymmetric distribution,
• Thickening of the left ventricular wall in the absence of cavitary dilation and the presence of hyperdynamic activity (in fact there may be systolic cavity obliteration or near obliteration)
• Absnece of any other cause of left ventricular hypertrophy such as aortic stenosis or hypertension