Case Summary

We present a patient with hypertropic cardiomyopathy (HCM) presenting with suspected cardiac chest pain and discuss the potential role of perfusion PET in confirming coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD).

Resource Type

Cases

Clinical Topic

Cardiac PET, Cardiomyopathies/Heart Failure, Microvascular Dysfunction, Myocardial Blood Flow (MBF)

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