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Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: an uncommon cause of exertional chest pain in children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2019

Qu-ming Zhao Open the ORCID record for Qu-ming Zhao [Opens in a new window] ,
Lan He Open the ORCID record for Lan He [Opens in a new window]  and
Fang Liu
Qu-ming Zhao
Affiliation:
Pediatric Heart Center, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Lan He*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Heart Center, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Fang Liu
Affiliation:
Pediatric Heart Center, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
*
Author for correspondence: F. Liu, MD, Pediatric Heart Center, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, 399 Wan Yuan Road, Shanghai 201102, People’s Republic of China. Tel: 86-21-64932800; Fax: 86-21-64931002; E-mail: liufang@fudan.edu.cn
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Abstract

Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an uncommon morphologic variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which is rarely diagnosed in childhood. To date, very few cases of asymptomatic children younger than 18 years have been reported in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of paediatric apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy presenting with exertional chest pain, with characteristic electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, MRI, and cardiac angiography findings.

Keywords

Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathychest painelectrocardiogram

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Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 12 , December 2019 , pp. 1533 - 1535
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© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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