Citation
T. Tikanoja et al., Simultaneous hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and ventricular septal defect in children, AM J CARD, 84(4), 1999, pp. 485
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00029149
→ ACNP
Volume
84
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(19990815)84:4<485:SHCAVS>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Disproportionate ventricular thickening may occur in patients with a variet
y of congenital heart malformations, but there are no studies indicating th
at hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) is associated with an unusually high ra
te of ventricular septal defect (VSD).(1) Theoretically, an increased preva
lence of muscular VSD in HC would be conceivable because both diseases affe
ct the myocardium of the ventricular septum, In our study, we report a very
high prevalence of muscular VSD in a cohort of children with HC.