Diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Open Access
- 12 March 2015
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Echo Research & Practice
- Vol. 2 (1) , R45-R53
Abstract
The clinical spectrum of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is complex and includes a variety of phenotypes, which leads to different types of manifestations. Although most of the patients are asymptomatic, a significant proportion of them will develop symptoms or risk of arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD). Therefore, the objectives of HCM diagnosis and management are to relieve the patients’ symptoms (chest pain, heart failure, syncope, palpitations, etc.), prevent disease progression and major cardiovascular complications and SCD. The heterogeneity of HCM patterns, their symptoms and assessment is a challenge for the cardiologist.Keywords
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