Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy progressed to dilated cardiomyopathy in a patient over a 17-year follow-up period.
Documents a rare clinical progression from hypertrophic to dilated cardiomyopathy over a 17-year period.
Absolute Event Rate: 0% vs 0%
The progression of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) has been rarely reported. We report a patient with HCM who had been followed for 17 years and in whom DCM became evident.
FUNAKOSHI et al. (Sun,) reported a other. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy progressed to dilated cardiomyopathy in a patient over a 17-year follow-up period.