Regression of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in a Case of Sarcomeric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: An Unexpected Outcome

Eva Cabrera Borrego; Francisco José Bermúdez-Jiménez; Rosa Macías Ruiz; Francesca Perin; Juan Jiménez-Jáimez

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.04.048

Regression of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in a Case of Sarcomeric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: An Unexpected Outcome

JACC Case Rep. 2020 Jun 17;2(6):935-937. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.04.048. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Authors

Eva Cabrera Borrego^{1

2}, Francisco José Bermúdez-Jiménez^{1

2

3}, Rosa Macías Ruiz^{1

2}, Francesca Perin^{1

4}, Juan Jiménez-Jáimez^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain.
² Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs, Granada, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain.
³ Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), Madrid, Spain.
⁴ Paediatrics Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain.

Abstract

We present a case of sarcomeric hypertrophy cardiomyopathy diagnosed in a child who had hypertrophy degree regression during adolescence, with no left ventricular dysfunction and no increase of the ventricular diameters. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; LV, left ventricular; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; sarcomeric genes; subcutaneous automatic defibrillator.