TITLE:
Apical Right Ventricular Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy—A Case Report
AUTHORS:
Ramachandran Muthiah
KEYWORDS:
Asymmetric Apical Hypertrophy, Right Ventricle, Echocardiography
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.5 No.2,
February
24,
2016
ABSTRACT: A relatively infrequent form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the isolated apical variant and it is more common in oriental people, especially in the Japanese. It contributes 25% of cases of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Japan but only 1% to 2% in the non-Japanese population. It may occasionally present in the elderly and classically involve the apex of the left ventricle. An isolated apical right ventricular involvement had been detected in an elderly female by transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiographic imaging.