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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 Second harmonic imaging to improve the organization of echocardiography in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy of the detection rate of [Keywords:] apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy of non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a rare subtype, for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in general, ordinary two-dimensional echocardiography as a simple, non-invasive and reliable diagnostic tools, has clinical widely used and accepted, but apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy often affected by lung, chest wall, and shape the impact of Erzhi apex showed unsatisfactory result in misdiagnosis. Second harmonic imaging technology can significantly improve image resolution [1], in particular the near-field image resolution, based disease provides a simple and reliable method of diagnosis can be a clear indication of the organizational structure of the apex. In order to obtain satisfactory apical images, this study on the clinical suspicion of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients who received routine echocardiography after the apical four-chamber heart, three-chamber heart, heart and apical two-chamber short axis view, enable the second harmonic imaging technology, can significantly increase the resolution of the apex improve the detection rate of the disease. 1 Data and methods 1.1 General Information October 2003 to August 2007 Shangyu City People’s Hospital to be treated 13 cases of clinical diagnosis of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients. Clinical symptoms are chest pain, chest tightness, and a history of paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia, ECG leads V4-V6 see the deep and symmetric T-wave inversion. Including 8 males and 5 females, mean age (46.69 ± 7.14) years of age. Conventional two-dimensional echocardiography can clearly diagnosed in 2 cases, due to poor image display failed to specify or exclude the diagnosis of 11 cases. 1.2 Instrument and Inspection Methods LOGIQ700 ultrason