Echocardiogram in HNCOM from PLAX view

Colour Doppler echocardiogram from parasternal long axis (PLAX) view in hypertrophic non obstructive cardiomyopathy showing a grossly thickened interventricular septum (IVS). Posterior wall of the left ventricle does not show much hypertrophy. This type of hypertrophy is called asymmetric septal hypertrophy and is characteristic of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A bluish mosaic coloured jet of mitral regurgitation is seen in the left atrium (LA) during systole, when the mitral valve is closed. Please note that there is no narrowing of the left ventricular outflow  tract (LVOT) in systole. The flow in the LVOT is laminar, without any mosaic pattern. The frame on the right side is a diastolic frame with the mitral valve open. Left atrium (LA) is dilated,  twice the aortic (Ao) diameter or more. Right ventricle (RV) and left ventricle (LV) are not enlarged. Left ventricular cavity may enlarge in the late dilated phase of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Tissue Doppler Imaging in HNOCM showing LV diastolic dysfunction

TDI (tissue Doppler imaging) in hypertrophic non obstructive cardiomyopathy showing pattern suggestive of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. A’ (during atrial systole) is of higher amplitude than E’ (early diastolic). Normally the E’ wave is of higher amplitude than the A’ wave.