TY - JOUR T1 - Advanced imaging for risk stratification of sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - 1111 LP - 1112 DO - 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-316770 VL - 106 IS - 14 AU - Jay Ramchand AU - Agostina M Fava AU - Michael Chetrit AU - Milind Y Desai Y1 - 2020/07/01 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/106/14/1111.2.abstract N2 - The Authors’ reply We thank Dr Yalta1 and colleagues for the interest in our review article on advanced imaging for risk stratification of sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).2 The authors highlight the importance of excluding transient LV apical ballooning/ Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) as a potential mimic of left ventricular apical aneurysm in individuals with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.We fully agree that TTC should be distinguished from an apical aneurysm especially considering the presence of an aneurysm may be used as a risk modifier … ER -