Yamaguchi Syndrome – a pseudoacute coronary syndrome of the Young: a case report on apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

• Main Authors: Alvin Oliver Payus, Farisha Mohd Sholeh, Norlaila Mustafa
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
• Subjects: RC31-1245 Internal medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30861/1/Yamaguchi%20Syndrome_a%20pseudoacute%20coronary%20syndrome%20of%20the%20Young_%20a%20case%20report%20on%20apical%20hypertrophic%20cardiomyopathy.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30861/2/Yamaguchi%20Syndrome_a%20pseudoacute%20coronary%20syndrome%20of%20the%20Young_%20a%20case%20report%20on%20apical%20hypertrophic%20cardiomyopathy_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30861/; https://www.jmedscindmc.com/temp/JMedSci394197-3043297_082712.pdf; https://doi.org/10.4103/jmedsci.jmedsci_179_18
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Yamaguchi syndrome, or apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ApHCM), is a nonobstructive subtype of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy which predominantly affects the left ventricular apex. Due to the nature of its presentation that mimics acute coronary syndrome and also to the unfamiliarity of the conditio...