Table 1 Causes of LV thickening
From: Utility of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of left ventricular thickening
Pressure overload | Hypertension Aortic stenosis Coarctation Subaortic membrane |
Volume overload | Aortic/mitral regurgitation Dilated cardiomyopathy |
Infiltrative cardiomyopathies | Amyloidosis Anderson-Fabry disease Danon disease Eosinophilic heart disease Mucopolysaccharidoses Friedreich’s ataxia Myocardial oxalosis Pompe disease Sarcoidosis Iron overload |
Non infiltrative cardiomyopathy | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
Adaptive response | Athlete’s heart |
Miscellaneous | Neoplastic infiltration |