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).

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Cases

Clinical Topic

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

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