Parasternal short axis echocardiogram in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Short axis view from a two-dimensional echocardiogram shows asymmetric hypertrophy of the interventricular septum. During systole, there is near obliteration of the left ventricular cavity.

Courtesy of Thomas Binder, MD. University of Vienna.

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