Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the young: Another form of ischemic cardiomyopathy?
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DIFFUSE CORONARY ARTERIAL ECTASIA WITH HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
A 40 year old male, a known case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, was admitted for catheterization. At catheterization and angiography, septum was hypertrophied to about 5cm and diffuse coronary artery aneurysm was revealed. We found no previous report of coronary artery aneurysm in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(93)90194-6