Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: current understanding and treatment objectives.

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The understanding of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has changed dramatically over the last few decades, and it is now understood to be caused by a mutation in one of several cardiac sarcomeric genes. Due to complications such as outflow tract obstruction, diastolic dysfunction, arrhythmias, stroke, infective endocarditis and sudden cardiac death, appropriate and early identification of these patients is...

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• Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Heart Ventricles
• Mutation