Distinguishing ventricular septal bulge versus hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the elderly

• Published in: Heart Vol. 102; no. 14; pp. 1087 - 1094
• Main Authors: Canepa, Marco, Pozios, Iraklis, Vianello, Pier Filippo, Ameri, Pietro, Brunelli, Claudio, Ferrucci, Luigi, Abraham, Theodore P
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 15.07.2016
• Subjects: Age Factors; Algorithms; Cardiomegaly - diagnosis; Cardiomegaly - epidemiology; Cardiomegaly - physiopathology; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - diagnosis; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - epidemiology; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - genetics; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - physiopathology; Coronary Angiography; Diagnosis, Differential; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Severity of Illness Index; Ventricular Septum - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Septum - physiopathology

The burgeoning evidence of patients diagnosed with sigmoidal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) later in life has revived the quest for distinctive features that may help discriminate it from more benign forms of isolated septal hypertrophy often labelled ventricular septal bulge (VSB). HCM is diagno...