Clinical Case
A case of a 58 year-old woman with known hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) (40 mmHg peak gradient) with mild symptoms (NYHA functional class II/IV) with beta blockers and disopyramide.
Commented Article
ALPK3 and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a new step forward to close the inheritability gap.
Quiz
64 years-old Caucasian lady, with positive family history for sudden death (grandfather, 49 y/o).
She had been diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy aged 50 after she was found with inverted T waves on routine ECG.
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How-To Article
HOW-TO…Measure Intraventricular Obstruction in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Other resources
Webinars
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – from the gene to the heart and from the patient to their family
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - disease course and therapeutic strategies for patients
Congress Resources on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
ESC Congress 2021
- Meet the Experts: cardiomyopathies and sudden cardiac death
- Meet the Experts: risk calculators to predict sudden cardiac death in cardiomyopathies. A blessing in disguise?
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