Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: The Role of Echocardiography and Multimodality Imaging

Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: The Role of Echocardiography and Multimodality Imaging

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an underdiagnosed genetic heart disease with an estimated prevalence of 0.2–0.5%. Although the prognosis of HCM is relatively good, with an annual general mortality of ~0.7%, some patients have an increased risk of sudden death, or of developing severe heart fail...

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Main Authors: Takeshi Kitai, Andrew Xanthopoulos, Shoko Nakagawa, Natsuko Ishii, Masashi Amano, Filippos Triposkiadis, Chisato Izumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-05-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
Subjects:
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
echocardiography
multimodality imaging
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/6/169

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