Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Can the noninvasive diagnostic testing identify high risk patients?

Figure 1 Basal anterior hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a 45-year-old man with a history of syncope. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated severe thickening of basal anterior wall with a maximal measurement of 25 mm. A: Two chamber short-axis cine images; B: Late delayed gadolinium enhanced images; C: Two chamber long-axis cine images (top panel). Late delayed gadolinium enhanced images (bottom panel). Patchy, non-coronary artery disease scarring in the hypertrophied areas is indicated by white arrows.