A Case of Rare Inherited Restrictive Cardiomyopathy With Severe Biatrial Enlargement

Navid A Nafissi; Marat Fudim; Carmelo A Milano; Paul B Rosenberg; Adam D DeVore; Richa Agarwal

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.08.026

A Case of Rare Inherited Restrictive Cardiomyopathy With Severe Biatrial Enlargement

JACC Case Rep. 2019 Nov 6;1(4):588-591. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.08.026. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Authors

Navid A Nafissi¹, Marat Fudim^{1

2}, Carmelo A Milano³, Paul B Rosenberg¹, Adam D DeVore^{1

2}, Richa Agarwal¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina.
² Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina.
³ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina.

Abstract

We describe a case of inherited restrictive cardiomyopathy in a patient presenting with severe biatrial enlargement. We review the evaluation and management of restrictive cardiomyopathy with a focus on genetic etiologies. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: AF, atrial fibrillation; BVA, blood volume analysis; HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; LV, left ventricular; RCM, restrictive cardiomyopathy; cardiac transplant; cardiomyopathy; genetic disorders; imaging; restrictive.

Publication types

Case Reports