Whether morphological abnormalities of the mitral valve represent part of the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) disease process is unresolved. Therefore, we applied cardiovascular magnetic resonance to characterize mitral valve morphology in a large HCM cohort.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, No. 70, 800 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111, USA. mmaron@tuftsmedialcenter.org