HCM is a relatively common genetic cardiomyopathy that can be a challenge to diagnose, with about one in three patients misdiagnosed as having another cardiomyopathy. Genetic testing identifies a ...

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2010;8(7):1007-1113. Recurrence of amyloidosis in the cardiac allograft is a consideration in cardiac transplant. Amyloid deposit in the cardiac allograft was reported ...

It’s the most common cardiomyopathy caused by inherited genes. Restrictive cardiomyopathy. Restrictive cardiomyopathy is when the chambers in your heart become overly stiff over time.

Introduction: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and cardiac amyloidosis (CA) have similar features on transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) which may make the two difficult to distinguish. However, it ...

Background: Symptoms are among the most important factors impacting quality of life (QOL) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients, and reflect a poor prognosis. Whether emotional stress can ...

Your heart muscle pumps blood out to your body. If you have cardiomyopathy, the heart muscle is dysfunctional or damaged. It may be thicker than typical or thin and dilated to the point where it ...

In transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), the assessment of functional capacity is of great importance. A distance < 300m covered in the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is linked to a poorer ...