Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: one disease or several?

Genetics of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: one, two, or more diseases?

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common identifiable cause of sudden death in the young. This review details the history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, recent discoveries in its genetic underpinnings and important genotype-phenotype relationships described in recent studies. RECENT FINDINGS Since the discovery of the genetic underpinnings of hypertrophic cardiomyopat...

DIFFUSE CORONARY ARTERIAL ECTASIA WITH HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

A 40 year old male, a known case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, was admitted for catheterization. At catheterization and angiography, septum was hypertrophied to about 5cm and diffuse coronary artery aneurysm was revealed. We found no previous report of coronary artery aneurysm in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Hypertensive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with hypertension? A study of 78 patients.

Hypertensive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may be a distinctive cardiac condition resulting from hypertension. Alternatively, this disease may represent the coincidence of a common disease, hypertension, with a relatively rare cardiomyopathy. A consecutive series of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and hypertension were studied and compared with age- and gender-matched patients with card...

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Athlete's Heart, or Both: A Case of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Regression.

Patterns of Disease Progression in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Received January 30, 2012; accepted May 15, 2012. From the Referral Center for Cardiomyopathies, Careggi University Hospital (I.O., F.C.) and Department of Physiology, University of Florence (C.P.), Florence, Italy; and Heart Science Center, Imperial College London, Harefield, United Kingdom (M.H.Y.). Correspondence to Iacopo Olivotto, MD, Centro di Riferimento per le Cardiomiopatie, Azienda Os...