Cardiomyopathies are diseases of the heart muscle. This group of pathological conditions includes dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic ...

The burgeoning evidence of patients diagnosed with sigmoidal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM ... A more severe hypertrophy and the presence of left ventricular outflow obstruction are considered ...

To appreciate the importance of echo monitoring during invasive procedures in obstructive HCM. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiovascular disease, affecting 1 in 500 ...

The asymmetric increase in wall thickness can lead to dynamic LV outflow tract obstruction ... hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from other disease entities using cardiac MRI.

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Earlier studies had shown that cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) could identify adults with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at higher risk of sudden ...

Changes in the phenotype and genotype in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are thought to involve the myocardium as well as extracardiac tissues. Here, we describe the structural and functional ...

The decrease in mortality, morbidity were seen with trametinib for children with RASopathy-associated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. HealthDay News — For children with severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ...

Background: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) can be genetic and occurs as obstructive and non-obstructive 21 subtypes. Little is known about the clinical burden of the obstructive subtype of HCM at a ...

Mavacamten is a first-in-class cardiac myosin ATPase inhibitor, approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with obstructive physiology ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM ... and selection of appropriate treatments for left ventricular outflow obstruction, cardiac MRI has established or emerging roles. Finally, decisions regarding ...