TEE (ME LAX view) showing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with systolic anterior motion (SAM) of the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve
TEE (ME LAX view) showing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with systolic anterior motion (SAM) of the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve
TEE midesophageal long-axis view of a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and SAM with LVOT obstruction. The arrow shows the point of mitral-septal contact.
TEE: transesophageal echocardiography; ME: midesophageal; LAX: long-axis; HCM: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; SAM: systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve; LVOT: left ventricular outflow tract.
Reproduced with permission from Jonathan Mark, MD.