Catastrophic apical ballooning in an obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patient treated with mavacamten: case report
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report describing apical ballooning in oHCM during mavacamten treatment. The causal role of mavacamten in this acute heart failure case is unproven, yet-being a cardiac myosin inhibitor and considering the shock recurrence after initial recovery-plausible.
Authors
- Frederic De Roeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2795-7721)
- Frederik Lahaye
- Emeline M. Van Craenenbroeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7686-2668)
- Rudi De Paep (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8412-7026)
- Andreas B. Gevaert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1338-4133)
Institutions
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Antwerp University Hospital (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Heart Journal - Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytaf490
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39