Asymmetric septal hypertrophy and systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve in a patient with pulmonic stenosis and complete heart block: a rare association [case report]

ABSTRACT

Apart from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; asymmetric septal hypertrophy has been reported in many disease entities. Its association with pulmonic stenosis although not unknown is none the less rare (1;2). We present the case of a 21 year old back female student who presented with a 2 day history of chestpain; dyspnoea and syncope. She had intermittent dizziness exertional dyspnea and palpitations in the antecedent nine years. She also later admitted to progressive effort intolerance since childhood. Her referal letter stated that she was diagnosed as having hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The previous echo had been prompted by a University preadmission electrocardiographic finding of multiple multiforal ventricular ectopics