Systolic anterior motion of the anterior mitral valve leaflet begins in subclinical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Samuel SeitlerSurani De Zoysa AnthonyChinwe C C ObianyoPetros SyrrisVimal PatelDaniel M SadoViviana MaestriniSilvia CastellettiStephen WalshBenjamin O'BrienJames C MoonGabriella CapturPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2023)
Dyskinesia of the aorto-mitral apparatus, including SAM of the elongated AMVL, is detectable in subclinical HCM, before the development of LVH or LA enlargement. These data have the potential to improve our understanding of early phenotype development and LVOTO-predisposition in HCM.