You could argue that the complications of a disease, rather than the disease itself, create most of the problems associated with that condition. Take hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, a primarily ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common heart disease that causes the heart muscle to thicken, sometimes to the point ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic condition that results in the thickening of the muscle walls in the left ventricle of the heart. In HCM, muscles in the walls of the heart may become ...

Arrhythmias, or irregular heart rhythms, are common complications of HCM. The thickened heart muscle disrupts the electrical pathways that coordinate heartbeat, leading to arrhythmias. Atrial ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is usually the result of genetic changes that affect the heart muscle. These changes cause the walls of the heart muscle to become excessively thick, which makes it ...

Asking your doctor about symptoms, treatment, outlook expectations, and possible lifestyle changes can help you manage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a type of ...

Patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who took the myosin inhibitor aficamten (Cytokinetics) showed major improvements in heart failure (HF) symptoms, functional capacity, ...

LISBON, Portugal — A novel oral drug offers clinically meaningful improvements in exercise capacity in patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and reduces the burden of ...

The hearts of people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are thicker, and must beat more forcefully to pump out blood into the body. This can lead to a variety of symptoms, which may appear only ...