Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a disease in which the heart muscle becomes thickened, also called hypertrophied The thickened heart muscle can make it harder for the heart to pump blood
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and treatment It can treat obstructive HCM in adults with symptoms Your healthcare team may suggest this medicine if you can't take or don't get better with beta blockers or verapamil
How is HCM confirmed? - Mayo Clinic Connect You will learn much about HCM as you go along and become a partner with your cardiologist in navigating your journey Knowledge helped us all to ask important questions as well as understand the steps taken and explanations given as we went along
Mayo Clinic Q A: What is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a condition where the heart (cardio) muscle (myopathy) becomes thickened (hypertrophied) HCM is the most common type of genetic cardiomyopathy
New Diagnosis Of HCM - Mayo Clinic Connect My husband was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) after his cardiologist detected a murmur during his routine yearly visit He has a history of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) in both lower extremities, for which he underwent revascularization with nine stents in 2020
New hypertrophic cardiomyopathy clinical guideline recommends novel . . . Key changes in the 2024 HCM clinical guideline: A new drug therapy and less restricted exercise The guideline encourages collaborative decision-making with patients and recommends seeking HCM specialists at an experienced multidisciplinary center