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Sustained cavity obliteration and apical aneurysm formation in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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PMID:  12875766     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: In patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ApHCM), we estimated the severity of cavity obliteration (CO) in the apical potion of the left ventricle and correlated it with various clinical findings including apical aneurysm. BACKGROUND: Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy sometimes develops apical aneurysm. The apical CO is often exhibited in ApHCM along with apical hypertrophy and ischemia. It remains unclear, however, how the CO and others are related to aneurysm. METHODS: In 46 patients with ApHCM, we measured CO time on M-mode echocardiography and corrected it by the R-R interval (cCOT). We divided the 46 patients into the following groups: 17 with cCOT <or=200 ms (no/mild CO group); 18 with cCOT >200 to <or=350 ms (moderate CO group); and 11 with cCOT >350 ms (severe CO group). We then compared apical aneurysm, hypertrophy, ischemia, QT interval, and the like between the three groups. RESULTS: The severe CO group exclusively comprised 11 patients having apical aneurysm and paradoxic jet flow. Of the 11 patients, 10 exhibited irreversible defects on exercise single photon emission computed tomography with thallium-201. All with moderate CO showed reversible defects, and none with no/mild CO showed any defects. Left ventricular hypertrophy and the corrected QT interval (QTc) were largest in the severe CO group. There were high correlations between the cCOT, hypertrophy, ischemia, and QTc. Of the 11 patients with severe CO, 6 had nonsustained ventricular tachycardia and 1 had mural thrombus. CONCLUSIONS: In ApHCM, sustained CO is an important pathophysiologic condition as well as hypertrophy, ischemia, and prolonged QTc, which are considered jointly related to the development of aneurysm through interactions.
Authors:
Kinya Matsubara; Takashi Nakamura; Toshiro Kuribayashi; Akihiro Azuma; Masao Nakagawa
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the American College of Cardiology     Volume:  42     ISSN:  0735-1097     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.     Publication Date:  2003 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-07-23     Completed Date:  2003-08-20     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8301365     Medline TA:  J Am Coll Cardiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  288-95     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Kyoto Municipal Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. mtbrkydy@hera.eonet.ne.jp
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / complications*,  diagnosis*,  physiopathology
Diastole
Echocardiography / methods*
Electrocardiography
Exercise Test
Female
Heart Aneurysm / classification,  diagnosis*,  etiology*,  physiopathology
Heart Catheterization
Humans
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / complications*,  diagnosis*,  physiopathology
Long QT Syndrome / classification,  diagnosis,  etiology,  physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Ischemia / classification,  diagnosis,  etiology,  physiopathology
Predictive Value of Tests
Severity of Illness Index*
Thallium Radioisotopes / diagnostic use
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Thallium Radioisotopes
Comments/Corrections
Erratum In:
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 Oct 1;42(7):1338

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