Prognostic Impact of Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm Identified by Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - A Multicenter Retrospective Study in Japan.
BACKGROUND This study evaluated the prognostic impact of left ventricular (LV) apical aneurysm identified by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in a Japanese cohort with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). METHODS AND RESULTS We retrospectively enrolled 369 consecutive HCM patients from 2 centers (2016-2023). LV api...