Dilated Phase of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Postmortem Diagnosis

Abstract

Cardiac pathology is one of the leading causes for global morbidity and mortality. Coronary heart disease is the commonest causes of  sudden cardiac death throughout the world. Also, hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies were recognized independently as the causes  of sudden cardiac death in adults and elderly persons. However, progression of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy to a dilated cardiomyopathy  resulting in death is less commonly reported. Herein, we discuss a case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with features of dilatation of the  cardiac chambers in an adult male which was diagnosed during the postmortem examination.