Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and exercise HCM causes thickening of your heart’s left ventricle walls at its apex. This thickening can cause your left ventricle to not be able to pump as ...

Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a morphological subtype of HCM that is less frequently detected and not as clearly understood. 1 Andrew Wang, MD, spoke to MedPage Today specifically ...

Medically reviewed by Richard N. Fogoros, MD The apical pulse (or precordial impulse) originates from the bottom of the heart ...

Patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition that causes thickening in the middle and tip of the left ventricle, are potential candidates for this procedure. How to Prepare for Your ...

A new surgical approach to treating apical hypertrophy, ... After 40 years, septal myectomy may still be one of the best ways to treat certain forms of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.

Q&A: Andrew Wang, MD, on Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Dr. Wang spoke to MedPage Today to discuss the diagnosis of apical HCM, and distinct features of this disease subtype.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, apical variant. Still-frame, long-axis cardiac magnetic resonance stack of images (steady-state free-precession; diastole) ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a common inherited form of heart disease, yet not everyone who has it has been diagnosed. Here's what to know about testing.

The apical pulse is a pulse site above the apex of ... A doctor may recommend genetic testing if they suspect that a person has familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or another type of inherited ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) ... (2002) Long-term outcome in patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 39: 638–645. Article Google Scholar ...