Abstract

ECHAVARRIA-CROSS, Alejandro; PAJARO-FRANCO, Luis Guillermo; NARANJO-RESTREPO, Sebastián  and  SANCHEZ-PRESIGA, Daniela. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in burnout phase. CES Med. [online]. 2021, vol.35, n.3, pp.305-315.  Epub Mar 22, 2022. ISSN 0120-8705.  https://doi.org/10.21615/cesmedicina.6244.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic entity characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy in the absence of other diseases as etiology. Patients are usually asymptomatic; however, the spectrum of presentation is wide and may include heart failure, outflow tract obstruction, arrhythmias, sudden death and the final stage also known as ''burnout phase''. The initial morphological assessment is performed with transthoracic echocardiography; however, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is the gold standard to confirm the diagnosis. We present the case of a 43-year-old woman with a history of previously operated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who was admitted to the emergency department decompensated, documenting progression to the "burnout" phase and her management. Although this phenotype is not common, it has prognostic and quality of life implications. Therefore, timely diagnosis and treatment can have an impact on these variables.

Keywords : cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic; burnout stage; case study; magnetic resonance imaging; atrial fibrillation.

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