Are you struggling with unexplained or worsening symptoms? Learn about a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and when to talk to your doctor to find out if you should see a cardiologist.
This thickening of the heart muscle can cause a number of symptoms, like dizziness and palpitations. It’s important to see a cardiologist and get tested.
Being aware of your family history of heart disease and your own unexplained or worsening symptoms is an important first step. People with HCM may think they have asthma, anxiety, or another heart-related condition.[6] It is easy to think, "It's nothing," or "I'm just out of shape o...
HCM is a lifelong, oftentimes genetically linked disease where the heart muscle wall can thicken, stiffen and make it harder for the heart to pump oxygenated blood throughout the body. Symptoms may include shortness of breath, tiredness, rapid heartbeat, chest pain, feeling dizzy or ...
and thus the ventricle becomes less able to relax and fill with blood. This ultimately limits the heart’s pumping function, resulting in reduced exercise capacity and symptoms including chest pain, dizziness, ...
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, similarly, is a genetic disorder of the heart muscle and leads to symptoms such as palpitation and syncope and more rarely sudden death. The diagnosis of ARVC is most likely underestimated due to the lack of a single diagnostic test and subtle ...
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and thus the ventricle becomes less able to relax and fill with blood. This ultimately limits the heart’s pumping function, resulting in reduced exercise capacity and symptoms including chest pain, dizziness, shortness of breath, or fainting during physical activity. HCM is the m...
heart failure (≥NYHA class III symptoms and/or HF hospitalization during follow-up); HR, heart rate; HRR, heart rate recovery; IVS, interventricular septum; IVS/PW, ratio of maximal thickness of interventricular septum and maximal thickness of posterior wall of left ventricle; LV, left ventricl...
For the first time, a medication has impacted heart muscle thickness and function for patients with the most common inherited heart condition, rather than simply addressing their symptoms. "This is the first study to show a favorable impact of a medication oncardiac structureand function in any f...