cardiac morphology
Last reviewed 01/2018
The main features are:
- cardiomegaly and hypertrophy
- classically there is a disproportionate thickening of the interventricular septum as compared to the free wall of the left ventricle
- the left ventricular cavity becomes banana-shaped
- the septum may approach the mitral valve, resulting in left ventricular outflow obstruction, hence the alternative name of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy or HOCM