APICAL HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY WITH UNUSUAL FEATURES IN A GREEK WOMAN

We present a Mediterranean female patient with abnormal electrocardiog raphic findings and a history of shortness of breath during excessive effort (NYHA I) in whom apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with unusua l features was detected by echocardiography and magnetic resonance ima ging. There was a single fused apical hypertrophic papillary muscle an d akinesia of the left ventricular apical segment. Abnormal left ventr icular filling was also detected by Doppler echocardiography.