Maternally Inherited Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Manifested by Pregnancy Related Early Progression and Sudden Cardiac Death.
10.4070/kcj.2004.34.1.112
- Author:
Yong Hyun KIM
1
;
Hui Nam PAK
;
Young Hoon KIM
;
Young Moo RO
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. hnpak@koreauniv.md
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy;
Dilated cardiomyopathy;
Pregnancy;
Sudden cardiac death
- MeSH:
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated;
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic;
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic, Familial*;
Death, Sudden, Cardiac*;
Dilatation;
Heart Failure;
Humans;
Pregnancy*
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2004;34(1):112-117
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Although hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) may cause heart failure, HCM and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) are generally recognized as separate diseases. This report describes two cases of maternally inherited familial HCM, which, after pregnancy, rapidly deteriorated to heart failure and cardiac chamber dilatation, resembling DCM. Some members of this family also suffered sudden cardiac death (SCD).
