Treatment of HCM depends on whether there is narrowing in the path that blood takes to leave the heart (called the outflow tract); how the heart is functioning; and if arrhythmias are present. Treatment is aimed at preventing symptoms and complications and includes risk identification and regular...
HCM is a disease that affects the heart muscle and could lead to other serious health conditions. Learn more about HCM and who may be at risk. Be Informed What are the symptoms of HCM? HCM can have symptoms similar to other health conditions. Learn about symptoms and the effects of HCM...
Symptoms of hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy, with special emphasis on syncope and postprandial exacerba- tion of symptoms. Clin Cardiol 1996;19:371 function in patients with severe congestive heart failure and their relation to mortality. CONSENSUS Trial Study Group. Circulation 1990;82:1730Gilligan DM,...
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Heartburn Loss of appetite Malaise Such symptoms in women can cause delays in diagnosis if the symptoms are not considered as possible signs of heart disease. Delays in diagnosis can cause further damage to heart tissue or even death. Women should exercise, quit smoking, and see their doctors ...
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...
Young patients, particularly adolescents, often experience more severe symptoms of HCM and are at a heightened risk of sudden cardiac death. This condition is a leading cause of fatal cardiac events in individuals under 35. As the disease progresses, complications such as heart failure, arrhythmia ...
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...
Young patients, particularly adolescents, often experience more severe symptoms of HCM and are at a heightened risk of sudden cardiac death. This condition is a leading cause of fatal cardiac events in individuals under 35. As the disease progresses, complications such as heart failure, arrhythmia ...
This primary heart disease is due to disorders of sarcomeric proteins of the heart muscle, showing a cellular disarray of myofibrils (fibers of the heart muscle) on histologic, microscopic examination (fig. 40b). This cellular disarray leads to hypertrophy of the left ventricle (increase thickness...