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 ventric
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic disease affecting the ability of the heart to pump blood. The heart itself is thickened (hypertrophy), which can obstruct blood flow through one or more of its blood vessels. Obstructive cardiomyopathy typically needs to be treated either with medication or ...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a disease of the heart in which the heart muscle of an individual becomes abnormally thick. Hypertrophiccardiomyopathy(HCM) is a disease of theheartin which the heart muscle of an individual becomes abnormally thick. The thickened heart muscle makes it harder fo...
I’ve just heard that my best friend has heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. I don’t know exactly what it is and how much is it dangerous, but I noticed that he is very worried about that. He is very young and I’m surprise that he can have such disease. What causes ...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) occurs in 1 of 500 adults and is considered to be one of the most common causes of death in young people under 35 years of age. Children with HCM are usually asymptomatic and the overall annual mortality beyond the first year of life is 1%. Septal myectomy...
gets thicker (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) or the left ventricle becomes larger (dilated cardiomyopathy), ultimately reducing your heart's performance. Your aortic valve isn't the only one that can be diagnosed with stenosis or regurgitation, but it's the one that matters in aortic valve disease....
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Cardiomyopathy is a disease in the heart muscles. Dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are two main types of cardiomyopathy conditions. In dilated cardiomyopathy, the left ventricle dilates and restricts the pumping of blood. In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the ventricles and interventricular se...
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