Rachel Freedman, a 32-year-old graduate student in New York City, thought she was just exhausted and out of shape. She ...

The efficacy data of aficamten in obstructive HCM patients with mild symptoms from SEQUOIA-HCM were simultaneously published ...

A new PET/CT imaging technique that visualizes activated fibroblasts in the heart muscle enables early detection of multiple forms of cardiomyopathy, according to research presented at the Society of ...

Epidemiology. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has a global presence with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 500. It has been described in at least 125 countries and has a similar prevalence in men and ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) ... (LV) apical impulse displaced to the anterior axillary line, fifth intercostal space; a normal first and second heart sounds and a third ...

Background Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a rare variant of HCM, often considered to have a benign prognosis. This study aimed to compare the clinical characteristics and genetic ...

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

About Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a disease in which the heart muscle (myocardium) becomes abnormally thick (hypertrophied). The thickening of cardiac muscle ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most commonly inherited cardiomyopathy, characterized by unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy, with a prevalence rate of approximately 1 in 500 individuals ...

Background— Nonobstructive hypertrophy localized to the cardiac apex is an uncommon morphological variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) that often is further distinguished by distinct giant ne ...

Symptomatic limitations in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may occur because of diastolic dysfunction with resultant elevated left ventricular filling pressures, cardiac output limitation to ...

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 ...