Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury With Concurrent Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

Traumatic spinal cord injuries are significant contributors to the morbidity and mortality burden of trauma patients worldwide, and consume significant resources in both their acute and rehabilitative care. Another cause of mortality and morbidity is hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, which can cause syncope or sudden cardiac death in patients with no known prior cardiac disease. This case report describes a unique combination of these two high-risk pathologies in a scene trauma patient, and provides an overview of the pathophysiology and treatment of these high-risk disease processes.