Key result
Intramyocardial crypts appear in diffuse-generalized HCM.
Why the study?
The precise diagnostic and practical value of myocardial clefts in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is unknown, and their impact on patient management requires further analysis.
Case Report (n=2)
This case series highlights the presence of intramyocardial crypts in patients with diffuse-generalized hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a finding of uncertain diagnostic and practical value.
Intramyocardial crypts in diffuse-generalized HCM remain of uncertain significance; this case report leaves open their diagnostic value.
First time, myocardial clefty were described more than 20 years ago in autopsy of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCMP): the “fissure” along muscle fibers in interventricular septum. Currently, the precise diagnostical and practical value of this pathology unknown. What sort of diagnostic and practical impact such information brings into the management evaluation of patients? Previously, we reported on unexpected finding of myocardial fissure together with Barlow syndrome. This article continues analysis of the experience of clinical work and includes reports on 2 patients with diffuse-generalized form of HCMP and intramyocardial crypt.
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Фролова et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and intramyocardial crypt (n=2). Intramyocardial crypt was evaluated. Two patients with diffuse-generalized form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy were reported to have intramyocardial crypts.
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