Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society

Year 2021, Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 33-37

https://doi.org/10.26715/JBMS.33_2021_4_8

Case Report

Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy With Aneurysm Formation: Potential For Underdiagnosis And Value Of Contrast Echocardiography

Vinayak Vadgaonkar1, Suddharsan Subbramaniyam2, Nooraldaem Yousif3, Sadananda Shivappa4, Fuad Abdulqader5, Leena Sulaibikh6*

Author Affiliation

1Chief resident, Department of Cardiology, Mohammed Bin Khalifa Cardiac Centre (MKCC) Riffa, Kingdom of Bahrain.

2Senior resident, Department of Cardiology, Mohammed Bin Khalifa Cardiac Centre (MKCC), Riffa, Kingdom of Bahrain.

3Consultant, Department of Cardiology, Mohammed Bin Khalifa Cardiac Centre (MKCC)Riffa, Kingdom of Bahrain.

4Consultant, Department of Cardiology, Mohammed Bin Khalifa Cardiac Centre (MKCC)Riffa, Kingdom of Bahrain.

5Consultant, Department of Cardiology, Mohammed Bin Khalifa Cardiac Centre (MKCC)Riffa, Kingdom of Bahrain.

6Consultant, Department of Cardiology, Mohammed Bin Khalifa Cardiac Centre (MKCC)Riffa, Kingdom of Bahrain.

*Corresponding author: Dr. Leena Sulaibikh FRCP, Consultant Cardiologist, Head of Non-invasive Cardiology Department, Mohammad Bin Khalifa Cardiac Centre, Bahrain. Email: drsulaibikh@gmail.com

Received date: July 28, 2021; Accepted date: November 08, 2021; Published date: December 31, 2021


Abstract

Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Apical HCM) with apical aneurysm formation is a relatively rare variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In this case report, the authors share their experience in the diagnosis of this challenging case, in view of the rarity of such peculiar clinical condition accompanied with a variable presentation and clinical course that render the diagnosis of this high-risk HCM phenotype commonly delayed or missed.

Keywords: Cardiomyopathy, Contrast Media, Echocardiography, Heart Aneurysm, Hypertrophic