학술논문
Prediagnostic electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings of biopsy‐proven hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Document Type
Report
Author
Source
Journal of Arrhythmia. December 2018, Vol. 34 Issue 6, p643, 4 p.
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1880-4276
Abstract
INTRODUCTION HCM is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) or out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest in the young. Diagnosis of HCM is made when the left ventricular wall (LVW) thickness [...]
: We present two cases of biopsy‐proven hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Both cases showed abnormal electrocardiographic (ECG) findings more than 8 years before diagnosis. A 16‐year‐old healthy male experienced a rescued cardiac arrest. Another male adolescent showed abnormal Q wave and thickened ventricular wall at 15 years old. Retrospective analyses of ECGs performed at 6 years old indicated abnormal ECG findings. However, the diagnosis was normal because no ventricular wall thickening was present in echocardiography. For early diagnosis of HCM to prevent sudden cardiac arrest or death, it is essential to establish ECG and echocardiographic criteria to screen HCM in the young.
: We present two cases of biopsy‐proven hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Both cases showed abnormal electrocardiographic (ECG) findings more than 8 years before diagnosis. A 16‐year‐old healthy male experienced a rescued cardiac arrest. Another male adolescent showed abnormal Q wave and thickened ventricular wall at 15 years old. Retrospective analyses of ECGs performed at 6 years old indicated abnormal ECG findings. However, the diagnosis was normal because no ventricular wall thickening was present in echocardiography. For early diagnosis of HCM to prevent sudden cardiac arrest or death, it is essential to establish ECG and echocardiographic criteria to screen HCM in the young.