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Apical hypertrophy with massive myocardial fibrosis: comparison with electrocardiographic changes
S Fujimoto1, Y Komoto, Y Sakaguchi
1Department of Clinico-Laboratory Diagnostics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara.
Internal Medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
|July 4, 1998
Abstract:
We report the case of a 48-year-old woman with apical hypertrophy with massive myocardial fibrosis. She was admitted to our hospital because of general malaise. Echocardiographic examination showed asymmetrical apical hypertrophy, and an electrocardiogram showed a giant negative T wave on V3-V6. Right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy revealed massive myocardial fibrosis. Apical hypertrophy can lead to disorders that vary in severity, including rare massive myocardial fibrosis.