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CASE REPORT
Yamaguchi syndrome presenting as atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia in an African-American patient
  1. Nellowe Candelario,
  2. Jorge Penalver,
  3. Mitali Sen
  1. Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Nellowe Candelario, candelan{at}einstein.edu

Summary

Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Yamaguchi syndrome) is a rare subtype of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The syndrome is more common in Japan where it was first described. Outside Asia, it is a very rare cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is usually detected incidentally and has a good long-term outcome. We present a case of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in an African-American patient manifesting as atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-218051

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    • Contributors NC did the review of literature and constructed the case presentation, approved the final manuscript JP helped with the manuscript writing, proof read the final manuscript and approved the final manuscript for submission MS helped with manuscript writing, gathered all figures for submission, proof read the manuscript. All authors have equally contributed to the scientific output of this paper.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.