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Background Since the 1960s, beta blockers have been used to treat hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM), a genetic ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common form of genetic heart disease worldwide. Researchers have estimated that up to 1 in 200 people have the condition, which is characterized by an abnormal ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common hereditary heart disease. It causes the left ventricle to thicken, the ...

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The human heart is a muscle, but it’s also a kind of complicated balloon—a balloon that fills and empties roughly 60 to 100 times every minute, and several billion times during the course of a ...

Dr. J. Sawalla Guseh II: A 54-year-old male athlete was evaluated in the cardiovascular performance program clinic of this hospital because of progressive exertional dyspnea and chest pain. The ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) causes thickening of the heart muscle, particularly in the left ventricle in the lower part of the heart. This can lead to symptoms such as heart murmurs, swelling, ...

May 10 started like any other day for Laura Machnik, who said goodbye to her 18-year-old son J.J. before she headed to work. He was headed to work out at a friend's house that morning, and after she ...