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A 72-year-old woman with mid-ventricular obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and an apical aneurysm was treated with a beta-blocker and an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
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This case report highlights the electrocardiographic and echocardiographic features of mid-ventricular obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a patient presenting with syncope.
Case illustrates beta-blocker plus ICD use in mid-ventricular HCM with aneurysm; leaves open need for prospective outcome data.
Mid-ventricular obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was diagnosed in a 72-year-old woman, referred to our hospital because of an episode of syncope. It was characterized by an abnormal ECG ( ST segment elevation in leads V3 through V6 ) and the presence of pressure gradient between apical and basal sites in the left ventricle , asymmetric left ventricular hypertrophy and an apical aneurysm on echocardiography.
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Charalampous et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Mid-Ventricular Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (n=1). Beta-blocker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator was evaluated. A 72-year-old woman with mid-ventricular obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and an apical aneurysm was treated with a beta-blocker and an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
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