Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, also known as HCM or thick heart syndrome, is a genetic condition that causes your heart muscle to thicken, affecting 1 in 200 people across the world. According to ...

A murmur is created by increased blood flow across the thickened mitral valve. This can be distinguished from rheumatic mitral valve stenosis by the absence of an opening snap. The murmur is ...

Out-of-hospital mortality before 30 days was 1.2%, with roughly two-thirds of these patients dying from cardiovascular causes ...

The normal mitral valve permits unrestricted antegrade diastolic flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle (LV) and effectively seals off the atrium from the ventricle during LV systole ...

The LVOT obstruction from septal contact with the anterior mitral valve leaflet may be difficult to assess with CMRI at times, as there may be a signal void due to spin dephasing within the ...