APICAL HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

Authors
TREMEAU G AUPETIT JF BUTTARD P CHAPON P MILON H
Citation
G. Tremeau et al., APICAL HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY, Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux, 89(10), 1996, pp. 1283-1289
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039683
Volume
89
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1283 - 1289
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9683(1996)89:10<1283:AHC>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was defined initially by three elec trocardiographic and angiographic criteria : the presence of giant (ov er 10 mm) inverted T waves in leads V4 and VS of the resting ECG; an ' 'ace of spades'' appearance of left ventricular angiography in end dia stole in the right anterior oblique projection the electrocardiographi c sum RVS + SV1 greater than 35 mm. There after, authentic cases of ap ical hypertrophy have been demonstrated by imaging techniques or obser ved anatomically without the presence of these three criteria. The aut hors review the epidemiological, clinical and paraclinical features of this particular form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.