Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiovascular
disease and represents the main cause of sudden death in young patients. Cardiac
magnetic resonance (CMR) and cardiac computed tomography (CCT) are noninvasive
imaging methods with high sensitivity and specificity, useful for the
establishment of diagnosis and prognosis of HCM, and for the screening of
patients with subclinical phenotypes. The improvement of image analysis by CMR
and CCT offers the potential to promote interventions aiming at stopping the
natural course of the disease. This study aims to describe the role of RCM and
CCT in the diagnosis and prognosis of HCM, and how these methods can be used in
the management of these patients.
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