Table of Contents
- Preamble
- Definition
- Epidemiology
- Aetiology
- Diagnosis
- Diagnosis criteria
- History and physical examination
- Resting & ambulatory electrocardiography
- Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging
- Nuclear imaging and computerized tomography
- Endomyocardial biopsy
- Laboratory tests
- Genetic testing & family screening
- Genetic counselling & molecular geneting testing in probands
- Genetic & clinical screening of relatives
- Genetic & clinical screening of children
- Follow-up of mutation carriers without 4 phenotypes
- Delivery of care
- Assessment of symptoms
- Chest pain
- Heart failure
- syncope
- Palpitations
- Recommendations for electrophysiology testing
- Management of symptoms and prevention of complications
- Symptomatic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction
- Mid-cavity obstruction and apical aneurysms
- Management of symptoms in patients with LVOTO
- Treatment of angina on non-obstructive patients
- Atrial tachyarrhythmia
- Prevention of sudden cardiac death
- Symptomatic bradycardia and atrioventricular block
- Ventricular tachycardia
- Recommendations for routine follow-up
- Reproduction and contraception
- Special issues
- Diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathies in athlethes
- Hypertension
- Isolated basal septal hypertrophy (sigmoid septum) in elderly people
- Diagnosis and management of valve disease in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Living with cardiomyopathy: advice to patients