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Autopsy of a 60-year-old female with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy presenting as dilated cardiomyopathy revealed biventricular dilation, myocardial loss, fibrosis, and myocardial disarray.
Case Report (n=1)
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Autopsy of a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy presenting with dilated cardiomyopathy features revealed extensive myocardial fibrosis and disarray without significant coronary artery disease.
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May indicate end-stage HCM-to-DCM shift; extends histopathologic descriptions but leaves open generalizability and mechanisms.
Yamadori et al. (1985) conducted a case report in Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy showing clinical features of dilated cardiomyopathy (n=1). Autopsy was evaluated. Autopsy of a 60-year-old female with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy presenting as dilated cardiomyopathy revealed biventricular dilation, myocardial loss, fibrosis, and myocardial disarray.