Basal Septal Hypertrophy

• Published in: Current cardiology reviews Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 325 - 330
• Main Authors: Kelshiker, Mihir A, Mayet, Jamil, Unsworth, Beth, Okonko, Darlington O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United Arab Emirates Bentham Science Publishers Ltd 01.11.2013
• Subjects: Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - diagnostic imaging; Diastole - physiology; Dyspnea - etiology; Heart Septum - diagnostic imaging; Heart Septum - pathology; Humans; Hypertrophy - diagnostic imaging; Hypertrophy - etiology; Hypertrophy - physiopathology; Stroke Volume - physiology; Systole - physiology; Ultrasonography

A significant clinical problem is patients presenting with exercise-limiting dyspnoea, sometimes with associated chest pain, in the absence of detectable left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction, coronary artery disease, or lung disease. Often the patients are older, female, and have isolated basa...