Exuberant Pattern of Late Gadolinium Enhancement in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
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Patient aged 42, Caucasian, asymptomatic, with family history of HCM and diagnosis of the same cardiomyopathy 22 years ago. The 24-h Holter heart rhythm monitoring (April 5, 2012) showed sinus rhythm, rare atrial ectopic beats, presence of 2,970 isolated ventricular extrasystoles and five outbreaks of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT), the longest one presenting 13 QRS complexes. Given the Holter results, the patient was referred by the assistant physician to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for a better phenotypic characterization of the myocardium.
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