Mid-ventricular paradoxical dynamic obstruction in a right-sided secondary hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Ital Heart J. 2003 Jul;4(7):492-6.

Abstract

Isolated right ventricular (RV) hypertrophy is a common diagnosis at echocardiography. Mid-ventricular obstructive involvement represents however a really unusual finding. Currently available studies on right-sided hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, regardless of whether they are associated with RV outflow tract obstruction, are usually limited to single cases. Besides, there is still no agreement about the clinical relevance and management of RV hypertrophy. In the present study the authors describe the echocardiographic findings of a patient presenting with RV hypertrophy in whom a rare coexistence of both fixed RV outflow tract and intraventricular dynamic obstruction was observed. Some functional effects of verapamil treatment are also discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / etiology*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / complications
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / diagnosis