Vortical Features for Myocardial Rotation Assessment in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy using Cardiac Tagged Magnetic Resonance

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) (Maron et  al., 2014) is a relatively common heart muscle disease with a heterogeneous phenotypic expression that occasionally overlaps with other pathologies that also present left ventricular hypertrophy. Differentiating the underlying etiology of the ventricular hypertrophy is a frequent clinical problem with relevant implications since each etiology needs a specific management and presents a different prognosis. HCM is characterized by a hypertrophied and nondilated left ventricle (LV) (Baron, 2008), often with an asymmetrical wall thickness distribution.
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