[Refractory heart failure and sepsis in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]

A twenty one years old man with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with resting gradient and which develops subacute infectious endocarditis and acute mitral regurgitation by valvular apparatus destruction. During the course occurs refractory heart failure and sepsis. The association between these diseases and difficulties in management are analyzed, and literature is reviewed. It is emphasized the high mortality of this condition and indication for surgical referral, as well the necessity for infectious endocarditis prophylaxis in patients with obstruction at rest.