We undertook a prospective study of the symptoms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with the aim of profiling symptomatic morbidity in detail, determining the prevalence of anxiety and depression, and describing the prevalence and associations of syncope and postprandial symptom exacerbation. A questionnaire was...
What Are the Symptoms of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy? Many people with HCM have no symptoms or only minor symptoms and live a normal life. Other people develop symptoms, which progress and worsen as heart function worsens. Symptoms of HCM can occur at any age and may include: ...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), also called hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) occurs in one out of 500 people. Men and women have the condition at the same frequency. The heart muscle in abnormally thickened or hypertrophied. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can cause obstruction of blood as...
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 muscle, but it can cause card...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is usually a hereditary disorder, although incidence of this form of cardiomyopathy may also be higher in people with hypertension. [Hypertension 1994;24(5): pp.585-90] Musculo-Skeletal Muscular Dystrophy Organ Health Diabetes Type II People with diabetes have been repor...
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) Second most common form; most often inherited. Causes heart wall to thicken, leaving less space for blood in the chambers and making the heart work harder to pump blood out. Can affect people of all ages. ...
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This type, in which the heart muscle becomes abnormally thick, usually is inherited. It can also develop over time because of high blood pressure or aging. Restrictive cardiomyopathy. This least common type of cardiomyopathy, which causes the heart muscle to become rigid...