Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic (medical condition): Heart damage from thickened heart walls.
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:
»Introduction: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
»Symptoms of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
»Tests for Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
»Treatments for Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic, or a subtype of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic: Another name for Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (or close medical condition association).
»Introduction: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
»Symptoms of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
»Treatments for Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Some of the causes of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic are included in the list below:
See full list of 14 causes of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic (Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy)
Some of the symptoms of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic incude:
Treatments for Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic (Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) include:
See full list of 9 treatments for Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic
Treatment of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic: For more treatment information about Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic, see treatment of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic)
The second most common form of heart muscle disease is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy . Physicians sometimes call it by other names: idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS), asymmetrical septal hypertrophy (ASH), or hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM).
In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the growth and arrangement of muscle fibers are abnormal, leading to thickened heart walls. The greatest thickening tends to occur in the left ventricle (the heart's main pumping chamber), especially in the septum , the wall that separates the left and right ventricles. The thickening reduces the size of the pumping chamber and obstructs blood flow. It also prevents the heart from properly relaxing between beats and so filling with blood. Eventually, this limits the pumping action. (Source: excerpt from NHLBI, Cardiomyopathy: NHLBI)
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