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Hypothyroid cardiomyopathy: A reversible phenocopy of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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Tomás F. Cianciulli MD, FACC, FASE

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Cardiology Department, Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Principal Researcher of the Ministry of Health of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires.

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Tomás F. Cianciulli MD, FACC, FASE, Cardiology Department, Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich”, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Luis A. Morita MD,

Luis A. Morita MD

Cardiology Department, Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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María C. Saccheri MD,

María C. Saccheri MD

Cardiology Department, Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Marcelo Zylberman MD,

Marcelo Zylberman MD

Internal Medicine Department, Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Tomás F. Cianciulli MD, FACC, FASE,

Corresponding Author

Tomás F. Cianciulli MD, FACC, FASE

[email protected]

orcid.org/0000-0002-5815-1173

Cardiology Department, Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Principal Researcher of the Ministry of Health of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires.

Correspondence

Tomás F. Cianciulli MD, FACC, FASE, Cardiology Department, Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich”, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Email: [email protected]

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Luis A. Morita MD,

Luis A. Morita MD

Cardiology Department, Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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María C. Saccheri MD,

María C. Saccheri MD

Cardiology Department, Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Marcelo Zylberman MD,

Marcelo Zylberman MD

Internal Medicine Department, Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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First published: 12 September 2021

https://doi.org/10.1111/echo.15183

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Abstract

We present the case of a 46-year-old patient with hypothyroidism secondary to Hashimoto's thyroiditis who was admitted with decompensation in the form of myxedema. A 2-D echocardiogram shows a septal asymmetric hypertrophy, with low-voltage QRS complex in the ECG and a bull's-eye map of longitudinal strain with preserved apical strain with reduction of mid and basal strain that results in “cherry on the top” pattern, similar to the most frequent phenocopy of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, as is the cardiac amyloidosis, and that, unlike this pathology, reverted after the patient reached the euthyroid state.

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Tomás F. Cianciulli, Luis A. Morita, María C. Saccheri and Marcelo Zylberman, declare that they have no conflict of interest regarding this manuscript.

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