The purpose of this overview is to:
Define the clinical characteristics of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM);
Review the genetic causes of nonsyndromic HCM;
Review the differential diagnosis of nonsyndromic HCM;
Provide an evaluation strategy to identify (when possible) the genetic cause of nonsyndromic HCM in a proband;
Review the management of HCM;
Inform genetic counseling of family members of an individual with nonsyndromic HCM.
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