—Dr. Wang spoke to MedPage Today to discuss the diagnosis of apical HCM, and distinct features of this disease subtype. Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a morphological subtype of HCM that ...

Limitations of our study, including its single-center nature, a modest sample size, and a brief observation period, warrant acknowledgment. Owing to a low number of events, typical of HCM, no outcome ...

Future Cardiol. 2013;9(5):697-709. It is extremely important to detect the presence and severity of LVOT obstruction from physical examination, as well as 2D and Doppler echocardiography. The LVOT ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetically and phenotypically diverse disease with some patients at risk of sudden death or heart failure. Maron et al. used cardiovascular magnetic resonance, ...

The Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Program at University of Utah Health is one of the nation’s few programs for comprehensive HCM evaluation and management. Our multidisciplinary team works ...

—In order to effectively manage patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), clinicians need to identify parameters that can objectively measure functional capacity in this vulnerable population.

Treating patients with HCM is guided by how severe symptoms are, whether a patient has any risk factors for sudden cardiac death, and whether a patient has cardiac arrhythmias and other associated ...

HCM is a primary disease of cardiac muscle characterized by a thickening of the LV wall and often predominantly affecting the interventricular septum. HCM is a genetic disease with an autosomal ...