Moukarbel George V, Alam Samir E, Abchee Antoine B
Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Echocardiography. 2005 Nov;22(10):831-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.00117.x.
The echocardiographic diagnosis of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can be difficult in patients with poor acoustic windows. However, contrast-enhanced echocardiography can provide better images in these patients and lead to the correct diagnosis. We present a patient with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who was diagnosed using contrast-enhanced echocardiography. The use of contrast-enhanced echocardiography for the diagnosis of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in patients with poor acoustic windows is discussed and the experience in the literature reviewed.
