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Returning hypertrophy after surgery in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by a myosin-binding protein C mutation

Authors

  • Z. Kabaeva
  • A. Perrot
  • B. Pilz
  • J. Schulz-Menger
  • F.W. Mohr
  • R. Dietz
  • K.J. Osterziel

Journal

  • International Journal of Cardiology

Citation

  • Int J Cardiol 100: 343-345

Abstract

  • We report a 13-year follow-up of a patient who underwent both myectomy and septal ablation due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by a cardiac myosin-binding protein C gene mutation. After myectomy the patient again developed significant septal hypertrophy at the operated septal area with a need for a second interventional therapy. This exceptional case underscores the remarkable ability of the heart muscle to show a continuous hypertrophic process over many years.


DOI

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.01.004