Cardiac MRI has a significant role in establishing the diagnosis of HCM. In the three principal management issues related to HCM; testing of family members of affected individuals; assessing the ...

(According to Martinez, the risk of sudden death from HCM can rise in some groups, such as younger people, those with a family history of sudden cardiac death, and those with scar tissue by MRI of ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) was first described in the late 1950s as a disease typified by substantial thickening of the myocardium, particularly the left ventricular wall, with no overt cause.

High-intensity exercise raises sudden cardiac death risk in young hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients, independent of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Northwell Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) has introduced a new program for the diagnosis and ...

Differentiation of HCM from other cardiomyopathies Hypertensive heart disease is characterized by symmetrical increase in left ventricular (LV) wall thickness with normal LV dimension. In athlete ...