Abstract
CLINICAL INTRODUCTION: A 59-year-old female underwent an electrocardiogram (ECG) and echocardiographic screening. Her brother died at quite a young age of kidney failure. Resting ECG showed borderline voltage criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), with marked widespread T-wave inversion. Echocardiogram was normal, but in consideration of exertional breathlessness and abnormal baseline ECG, she underwent a coronary angiogram, which showed unobstructed coronaries. She was then referred to have a cardiac MR (CMR) for further characterisation. CMR images were acquired with a 1.5 T scanner and the imaging protocol included Steady-State Free Precession (SSFP) cine images (Figure 1A) as well as late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) images in the long-axis and short-axis planes covering the whole left ventricle (Figure 1B). In addition, native and postcontrast T1 mapping (Modified Look-Locker (MOLLI)) images were acquired for further tissue characterisation (Figure 1C and D, respectively).
QUESTION: What is the most likely diagnosis based on CMR findings? Anderson-Fabry's disease (AFD)Cardiac amyloidosisGenotype (+), phenotype (-) hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)Myocardial iron overloadNormal heart.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 1654 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Heart |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue number | 20 |
| Early online date | 15 Oct 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2016 |
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