Letter to the Editor Thrombosis Formation in the Apical Aneurysm of a Patient with Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

A 60-year-old man, a known case of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with an apical aneurysm formation of many years’ duration, presented to our emergency department with atypical chest pains. Electrocardiography showed no new changes compared with previous ones, which featured a tall R-wave, a deep negative T-wave, and ST-segment depression in the precordial leads. The level of high-sensitive troponin T on admission was slightly elevated; however, the rise in the level 1 hour following admission relative to the admission value was not significant. The patient was, therefore, discharged and referred to the HCM.....