Nonsyndromic Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Overview

Review
In: GeneReviews® [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993.
[updated ].

Excerpt

The purpose of this overview is to:

  1. 1

    Define the clinical characteristics of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM);

  2. 2

    Review the genetic causes of nonsyndromic HCM;

  3. 3

    Review the differential diagnosis of nonsyndromic HCM;

  4. 4

    Provide an evaluation strategy to identify (when possible) the genetic cause of nonsyndromic HCM in a proband;

  5. 5

    Review the management of HCM;

  6. 6

    Inform genetic counseling of family members of an individual with nonsyndromic HCM.

Publication types

  • Review