Isolated papillary muscle hypertrophy: A gap in our knowledge of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Increased thickness of left ventricular walls is the predominant characteristic and one of the diagnostic criteria of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). This case illustrates an uncommon but important finding of isolated hypertrophy of the papillary muscles (PMs), observed in a young woman in whom a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-06-01
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| Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition) |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204914001494 |