Left ventricular myocardial crypts: morphological patterns and prognostic implications

Aims Left ventricular (LV) myocardial crypts are considered a subtle marker of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. However, crypts have also been observed in seemingly healthy individuals and it is unknown whether myocardial crypts are associated with adverse outcome. Methods and results Myocardial crypts were defined as invaginations traversing >50% of the myocardial wall and assessed using contrast-enhanced cardiac computed tomography in 10...