Essays on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT scintigraphy) utilizes nuclear medicine along with gamma rays to get three-dimensional images (NLM, n.d.) of an internal part of the body such as heart with an objective of diagnosing a problem.

SPECT

In SPECT, a gamma-emitting radioisotope is administered into the bloodstream of a patient with the help of injection (Boyd, 2014; Hademenos, 1998). The radioisotope is, usually, a simple soluble ion as, for example, isotope of gallium(III) (Sharma, Prior, Belinsky, Kruh, & Piwnica-Worms, 2005; Wadas, Wong, Weisman, & Anderson, 2010). Most often, a marker radioisotope is also bound to a particular ligand ...

A 16-year-old male was seen for routine physical exam for sports participation clearance. States he feels well today and past medical history is non-contributory. Upon exam, all systems are within normal limits with the exception of a cardiovascular murmur, loudest over the apex, grade II/IV systolic. Patient denies current or previous cardiac symptoms. Denies family history of cardiovascular disease or sudden cardiac death.

The recommendation in this case should be to withhold sports clearance pending a thorough cardiovascular workup, to initially include electrocardiogram, chest x-ray, and potentially echocardiogram (with subsequent referral to cardiology) to help rule out cardiomyopathy (National Heart, ...

Introduction

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an infection that affects the heart muscles and causes thickening of the muscle walls (Maron, 2012). Often, thickening occurs at the septum region, below the valves of the aorta and between the ventricles. In some cases, there is bulging of the thickened septum into the left ventricle. When blockage of the ventricle occurs, blood is not able to flow out of the ventricles, particularly the left ventricle. Ventricular blockage implies that the ventricle must be strained in order to allow circulation of blood to the other parts of the body via muscular heart pumping. In addition, ...