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Left ventriculography revealed an apical variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a 68-year-old woman presenting with palpitations and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia.
A case report demonstrating the use of left ventriculography to diagnose apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a patient presenting with ventricular arrhythmias.
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Suggests ventriculography for apical HCM diagnosis in arrhythmia cases; single case report leaves broader use open.
A 68-year-old woman presented with palpitations and was found to have frequent premature ventricular contractions and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. A left ventriculogram showed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with an apical variant; a video is available at NEJM.org.
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Zeineh et al. (2015) studied this question. Left ventriculography revealed an apical variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a 68-year-old woman presenting with palpitations and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia.
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