CASE REPORT
Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
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Fatih University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey
Publication date: 2010-04-12
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Makbule Nur Yıldırım
Department of Cardiology
Medical Faculty of Fatih University
Alparslan Turkes Caddesi, No: 57, 06510, Emek, Ankara, Turkey
Eur J Gen Med 2010;7(2):206-209
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Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (AHCM) is one form of hypertrophic cardiomy¬opathy that is the most common hereditary cardiac disease and the most frequently found cardiomyopathy. AHCM has typical findings on electrocardiography, echocardiography and ventricu¬lography. The electrocardiographic changes and symptoms associated with AHCM often mimic acute coronary syndromes and coronary angiogram can be performed with pre-diagnosis of coronary artery disease several times. Physicians should consider AHCM in case of patients who have similar electrocardiographic changes and symptoms with coronary artery disease.