Demonstrates that extreme apical wall hypertrophy in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can present atypically without giant T waves.
Extreme apical HCM hypertrophy may lack giant T waves; extends phenotypic spectrum and leaves diagnostic criteria open to revision.
Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an uncommon variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, with hypertrophy mainly affecting the apex of the left ventricle. We hereby describe a case of an octogenarian female patient who was randomly diagnosed with AHCM due to other comorbidities.
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