Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic disease characterized by abnormal myocardial hypertrophy, which can lead to a wide clinical spectrum, including sudden cardiac death and heart failure.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiovascular condition. It is the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people and children, with an annual mortality rate of 1% ...

HCM is a genetic disease, usually caused by mutations in sarcomere proteins such as myosin, actin, tropomyosin, and myosin-binding protein C.

Did you know that hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young athletes? Yup, ...

Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy symptoms such as trouble breathing, a racing heart, and fatigue can make daily tasks ...

The human heart is a muscle, but it’s also a kind of complicated balloon—a balloon that fills and empties roughly 60 to 100 times every minute, and several billion times during the course of a ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited form of heart disease, associated with over 1,000 mutations, many in β-cardiac myosin (MYH7). Molecular studies of myosin with different ...

Learn about surgical options for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), including septal myectomy, septal ablation, and heart ...

Future Cardiol. 2013;9(5):697-709. Geometry Asymmetric hypertrophy out of proportion to hypertension Concentric remodeling or hypertrophy Symmetric LV hypertrophy that is proportional to exercise ...