BACKGROUND The benefits of heart stimulation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients have been questioned. Research work available in Brazil on those benefits is scarce. OBJECTIVE To describe the indication, clinical response, complications and survival time related to pacemaker implant in HCM patients. METHODS Thirty-nine hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients were studied (41% males) ...

Introduction: LVH is the earliest cardiovascular abnormality in CKD. It a significant risk factor for mortality and morbidity patients with chronic kidney disease. The objective of this study was to investigate non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy CKD hospitalised nephrology haemodialysis department POINT G University Hospital. Methods: This prospective carried out from January 1, 2021 D...

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background: familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (hcm) is caused by mutations in genes encoding cardiac sarcomere proteins. nowadays genetic testing of hcm plays an important role in clinical practice by contributing to the diagnosis, prognosis, and screening of high-risk individuals. the aim of this study was developing a reliable testing strategy for hcm based on linkage analysis and appropri...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Alcohol septal ablation is a therapeutic option for patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy who remain symptomatic despite medical treatment. Our aim was to monitor clinical and echocardiographic progression in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy treated by septal ablation at our center. METHODS Thirty-five septal ablations were perf...

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Clinical, hemodynamic, electrocardiographic (ECG), echocardiographic, left ventricular (LV), and coronary angiographic (CA) findings are reported in a case with apical hypertrophy (AH), a form of hypertrophic nonobstructive cardiomyopathy (HNCM). The most striking symptom was chest pain and the most conspicuous electrocardiographic finding consisted of giant negative T waves, reaching an amplit...