In addition to stable patients, those at high risk of surgical morbidity and mortality (including patients of advanced age or with comorbidities such as pulmonary or renal disease) can be evaluated ...

Patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can achieve good long-term outcomes with alcohol septal ablation that rival those of surgical treatment in terms of symptom relief and survival, ...

We have previously observed a significant correlation between decreased LVOT area and LVOT gradients in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using real-time three dimensional echocardiography. 5 ...

In patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract, nonsurgical reduction of the septum is a treatment option when medical therapy has failed. We ...

The unique beat of each person's timed ticker has been pronounced just as identifiable as a fingerprint by some biotech companies. And while each heart may beat to a different rhythm, this rhythm ...

HCM is a primary disease of cardiac muscle characterized by a thickening of the LV wall and often predominantly affecting the interventricular septum. HCM is a genetic disease with an autosomal ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an inherited condition that affects up to 750,000 people in the United States. It often involves left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Septal reduction therapies ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

The hemodynamic gain index may serve as an independent predictor of transplant-free survival in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Treating patients with HCM is guided by how severe symptoms are, whether a patient has any risk factors for sudden cardiac death, and whether a patient has cardiac arrhythmias and other associated ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a primary disease of cardiac muscle characterized by a thickening of the left ventricular wall and often predominantly affecting the interventricular septum. This ...