Echocardiography as a Screening Test for Myocardial Scarring in Children with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Figure 4

Sample short axis images from echocardiography (a) and cMRI (b) performed on a 12-year-old female patient with HCM demonstrating a false negative result on echocardiography. (a) demonstrates no corresponding focus of hyperechogenicity (white arrow) within the septal myocardium, which is apparent on cMRI (b) that confirms the presence of LGE within the same location indicating fibrosis. (RV: right ventricle and LV: left ventricle).

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