Myocardial fibrosis in desmin-related hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

✍ Scribed by Yi He; Zhaoqi Zhang; Daojun Hong; Qinyi Dai; Tengyong Jiang

• Book ID: 104498072
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 482 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6647
• DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-12-68

✦ Synopsis

Desmin-related myopathy (DRM) is known to cause different types of cardiomyopathy. Late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has been shown to identify fibrosis in ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathies. We present a rare case of desmin-related hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, CMR revealed fibrosis in the lateral wall of the left ventricle. CMR is superior to conventional echocardiography for the detection of myocardial fibrosis in desmin-related cardiomyopathy, which may be useful to detect early cardiac involvement and predict the patient prognosis.