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Does M-mode echocardiography differentiate hypertensive heart disease from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Does M-mode echocardiography differentiate hypertensive heart disease from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
M-mode echocardiography can differentiate hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from hypertensive heart disease primarily through the presence of systolic anterior movement of the mitral valve or mid-systolic closure of the aortic valve, which are absent in hypertension.
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M-mode echo may differentiate HCM from hypertensive LVH; challenges consensus allowing dual diagnoses when criteria overlap.
Doi et al. (1980) studied this question.
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