Dr. Maria Alexandrescu

Senior Radiologist at the European Cardiomyopathy Center, high skilled in computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, general ultrasonography, neuroradiology, CardioCT level II and CardioRM level II

Q&A: What makes difficult to establish the HOCM diagnosis, from the point of view of the radiologist?

Approaching HOCM, the surgeon needs to have precise information regarding the thickness of the heart and the spatial distribution of the interested area, in order to plan the appropriate excision of the muscular wall. This sort of data is put on the table by a cardiac MR. After administration of contrast, CMR provides information about the presence and also the amount of scar that exists in the heart walls, that is also a very important insight for the surgery planning.