Apparent Coexistent Valvular and Subvalvular Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 204 - 208
• Main Authors: Horgan, John H., Kemp, V. Eric, Dutz, Werner F., Lower, Richard R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.08.1975
• Subjects: Adult; Cardiomegaly - diagnosis; Cardiomegaly - pathology; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - diagnosis; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - pathology; Echocardiography; Female; Heart Septum; Heart Ventricles - pathology; Humans

A patient is presented in whom coexisting bicuspid valvular aortic stenosis and asymmetrical septal hypertrophy were suggested by echocardiography. A focal area of hypertrophy noted at operation was excised. Subsequent histological examination did not reveal evidence to support the echographic and s...