Strain-based imaging techniques (and specifically speckle-tracking echocardiography) have
been shown to have clinical utility in a variety of settings. This technique is being embraced …

Abstractt Purpose of Review This article aims to review the accurate classification of non-
ischemic cardiomyopathy, including the methods, basis, subtype characteristics, and …

Background Myocardial replacement fibrosis is one of the major histologic features of
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), but its characteristics have not been well delineated …

Objective In patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, extensive apical hypertrophy
may reduce left ventricular end-diastolic volume and contribute to diastolic dysfunction …

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the most common inheritable
cardiomyopathies. Contemporary management strategies, including the advent of …

Background Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ApHCM) is considered a 'benign'form of
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, with limited data on the long-term outcome. However, the …

Background Prognosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is particularly
heterogeneous. Patients with nonobstructive HCM (NOCM) are thought to be at relatively …

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is one of the most common genetic inherited diseases of
myocardium, which is caused by mutation in genes encoding proteins for the cardiac …

Apical variant hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (AHCM) is characterized by asymmetric
hypertrophy of the left ventricular (LV) apex. T wave inversions of variable degree …

Background Current risk stratification strategies for patients with hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy (HCM) are limited to traditional methodologies. Objectives The authors …