Pregnancy in women with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: observational data from the tertiary referral center registrydoi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2891Pregnancy and Cardiovascular DiseaseINTRODUCTION. The number of cases of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in pregnancy increases every year. In most cases the ...
Hearing that you have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can be stressful. Learn what hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is, what causes it, and associated symptoms.
Overview Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Management What is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)?HCM is a disease that causes heart muscle cells to become large. As the cells get larger, they cause the walls of your ventricles to become thick and stiff. The ventricles are the 2 lower chambers of your...
HCM can run in families, but the condition may also be acquired as a part of aging or high blood pressure. In other instances, the cause is unknown. How Is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Diagnosed? HCM is diagnosed based on medical history (your symptoms and family history), aphysical exam, an...
A history of syncope was associated with an abnormal blood pressure response to exercise in over 50% of cases that may be the mechanism of syncope in some. Postprandial exacerbation of symptoms occurred in over one-third of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients, half of coronary disease patients, ...
Symptoms and Tests for HCM Story Is HCM All In the Family? Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is usually caused by gene mutations, but having a mutation doesn't necessarily mean you'll develop it. How Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Is Diagnosed Many can live a normal life with this thickening of heart mus...
Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: evaluation by noninvasive and invasive techniques in 23 patients Over a 3 year period we evaluated 23 patients (16 men, seven women) with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by noninvasive and invasive methods. Sixteen pa... G Keren,B Belhassen,J Sherez,... -...
ContextThroughout the past 40 years, a vast and sometimes contradictory literature has accumulated regarding hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic
Nonobstructive HCM generally carries a favorable prognosis, with symptoms arising from diastolic dysfunction, and large series demonstrating survival similar to age- and sex-matched populations 11, 12. The exception is “burned out” HCM, wherein the phenotype transitions to a dilated cardiomyopathy (...
Abstract In many cases with stable hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the prognosis for pregnancy is comparatively favorable. However, heart failure, defined as New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III–IV, left ventricular ejection fraction <35–40%, and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction...