Prevalence of Left Ventricular Myocardial Crypts in Japanese Patients
Jumpei Watanabe,
Hiroaki Kawano,
Eijun Sueyoshi
et al.
Abstract:Background Myocardial crypts are congenital abnormalities associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and other conditions. This study assessed the prevalence of myocardial crypts in Japanese patients.
Methods and ResultsMyocardial crypts were evaluated in a consecutive series of 300 patients (13-92 years old) who underwent computed tomography angiography (CTA) because of clinical suspicion of ischemic heart disease. We found a myocardial crypt incidence of 9.7% (29 patients) in our study population, wit… Show more
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