Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Genetics - MedlinePlus

Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a heart condition characterized by thickening (hypertrophy) of the heart (cardiac) muscle.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a disease in which the heart muscle becomes thickened, also called hypertrophied.

Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Diagnosis and Management

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is widely recognized as one of the most common inheritable cardiac disorders.

Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - Cardiovascular Genetics

Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a heart condition characterized by thickening (hypertrophy) of the heart (cardiac) muscle.

About Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) - CDC

HCM sometimes runs in families. In such cases, a child of an affected parent has a 50% (1 in 2) chance of having HCM.6 Other family members also ...

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Overview - GeneReviews - NCBI

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is typically inherited in an autosomal dominant manner; pathogenic variants in genes associated with autosomal ...

Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy | Circulation Research

Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a disease of the sarcomere involving mutations in 7 different genes encoding proteins of the myofibrillar apparatus.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Causes, Symptoms & Treatments

What is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)? · Thickening of your heart muscle (especially the ventricles or lower heart chambers). · Left ventricular stiffness.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) - American Heart Association

There is currently only one disease-specific medication to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Mavacamten is used to treat the obstructive form ...

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - Symptoms and Causes

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Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - ScienceDirect.com

The primary cause of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) has been attributed to mutations in the genes that encode the contractile proteins of the muscle ...

Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - MedlinePlus

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a heart condition characterized by thickening ( hypertrophy) of the heart (cardiac) muscle.

Is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Always a Familial and Inherited ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy always a familial and inherited disease? Jiri Bonaventura, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0470-9909

Familial Cardiomyopathy Program - Penn Medicine

Familial cardiomyopathy is a hereditary disease of the heart muscle. Our ... Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the walls of ...

Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - ScienceDirect.com

Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic disease characterized by left ventricular (LV) and/or right ventricular hypertrophy that involves the ...

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Digenic form caused by heterozygous mutations in the MYLK2 (606566.0001 and 606566.0002) and MYH7 (160760.0007) genes.

A Mouse Model of Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - Science

Abstract. A mouse model of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) was generated by the introduction of an Arg403 → Gln mutation into the α cardiac myosin ...

Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetically ... - JCI

We demonstrate that familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC), an autosomal dominant disorder of heart muscle, is a genetically heterogeneous disease.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is inherited as an · Currently, about 50–60% of people with a high index of clinical suspicion for HCM will have a mutation ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: from gene defect to clinical disease

Whereas defects in β-cardiac myosin heavy chain, cardiac troponin T, and a-tropomyosin account for over 45% of familial HCM, mutations in these ...