HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY WITH LEFT-VENTRICULAR APICAL DIVERTICULUM

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) is a diverse disease with many morpho logic manifestations.(1) One of the least common of these features is an aneurysm or diverticulum that develops in the apical portion of the left ventricle and is often associated with midcavity muscular narrow ing and outflow obstruction.(2-6) We have encountered 3 such patients with apical left ventricular (LV) protrusions, A description of the cl inical and structural features in this subgroup of patients with HC is the purpose of this communication.