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Case Reports
. 2012 Sep;29(8):E193-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01741.x. Epub 2012 Jun 14.

A plump and fatty heart: isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia

Kristine D Tumabiene  1 , Adriano E Magpali Jr, Lowe Chiong, Raul D Jara, Ramon F Abarquez Jr, Nelson S Abelardo
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A plump and fatty heart: isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia

Kristine D Tumabiene et al. Echocardiography. 2012 Sep.

Abstract

Isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia is a newly recognized type of cardiomyopathy, with only a few cases reported since it was first described in 2004. We report this case of a 21-year-old Filipino female presenting with unstable supraventricular arrhythmia and heart failure, with characteristic features of isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia on echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. To our knowledge, this is the first reported adult case in Asia.

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