European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on May 20, 2009
European Heart Journal 2009 30(16):1939; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp200
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Incremental value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in the differential diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
1 Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, University of Leipzig—Heart Center, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289 Leipzig, Germany
2 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Leipzig—Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany
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A 71-year-old male was admitted to our tertiary care centre for further differential diagnosis due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy of unknown origin. Clinically, the patient showed signs of heart failure with cachexia, progressive dyspnoea