A complicated trilogy: persistent left superior vena cava with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and atrial septal defect

Umut Kocabas; Esra Kaya; Cahide Soydas Cinar

doi:10.1530/ERP-16-0017

A complicated trilogy: persistent left superior vena cava with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and atrial septal defect

Echo Res Pract. 2016 Jun 17;3(3):I1-I2. doi: 10.1530/ERP-16-0017. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Umut Kocabas¹, Esra Kaya¹, Cahide Soydas Cinar¹

Affiliation

¹ U Kocabas, Department of Cardiology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, TurkeyE Kaya, Department of Cardiology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, TurkeyC Soydas Cinar, Department of Cardiology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.

Abstract

Extract: A 28-year-old asymptomatic woman was referred to ourclinic for evaluation of a heart murmur. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) demonstrated ventricular hypertrophy with septal thickness of 26 mm., consistent with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The diagnosis of HCM was confirmed by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, and late gadolinium enhancement was observed in the anterior wall ...