Mid-ventricular hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (MVHOCM)complicated with coronary artery disease: a case report
- Author:
Haoming SONG
;
Cuimei ZHAO
;
Jinfa JIANG
;
Yang LIU
;
Yihan CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy;
coronary artery disease;
echocardiography
- From:
Journal of Geriatric Cardiology
2008;5(3):190-192
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Mid-ventricular hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (MVHOCM) is a rare type of cardiomyopathy thatcan be accompanied by apical aneurysm.We presented here a case report of MVHOCM with cornary artery disease.The sixty-fouryears old man was sent to hospital because of ventricular tachycardia.Large inversion T wave was showed on electrocardiography in the presence of abnormal coronary arteries and normal cardiac enzyme.Echoeardiogmphy showed an hourglass appearance of the leftventricle with an aneurysm in the apex and a pressure gradient between the outflow tract of left ventricle and the middle of the leftventricle was revealed by left-heart catheterization.
