Future Medicine: Living with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the patient’s perspective
Future Medicine: Living with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the patient’s perspective
Sep 17, 2021
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a complex disease characterized by thickening of the cardiac muscle. Common symptoms include chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, fatigue and syncope (fainting), which are often confused for other conditions. Clinical treatment focuses on the relief of symptoms with medical therapies, which provide adequate to more variable symptomatic relief.