A nurse reviewing a patient's echocardiogram report reads the following statements: "The heart muscle is asymmetrically thickened and has an increase in overall size and mass, especially along the septum. The ventricular walls are thickened reducing the size of the ventricular cavities. Several areas of the myocardium have evidence of scaring." The nurse knows these manifestations are indicative of which type of cardiomyopathy?

A nurse reviewing a patient's echocardiogram report reads the following statements: "The heart muscle is asymmetrically thickened and has an increase in overall size and mass, especially along the septum. The ventricular walls are thickened reducing the size of the ventricular cavities. Several areas of the myocardium have evidence of scaring." The nurse knows these manifestations are indicative of which type of cardiomyopathy?

A nurse reviewing a patient's echocardiogram report reads the following statements: "The heart muscle is asymmetrically thickened and has an increase in overall size and mass, especially along the septum. The ventricular walls are thickened reducing the size of the ventricular cavities. Several areas of the myocardium have evidence of scaring." The nurse knows these manifestations are indicative of which type of cardiomyopathy?


a) Restrictive

b) Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

c) Dilated

d) Hypertrophic



Answer: Hypertrophic