title: Diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
abstract: The clinical spectrum of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is complex and includes a variety of phenotypes, which leads to different types of manifestations. Although most of the patients are asymptomatic, a significant proportion of them will develop symptoms or risk of arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD). Therefore, the objectives of HCM diagnosis and management are to relieve the patients' symptoms (chest pain, heart failure, syncope, palpitations, etc.), prevent disease progression and major cardiovascular complications and SCD. The heterogeneity of HCM patterns, their symptoms and assessment is a challenge for the cardiologist.
authors.affiliation: The Heart Hospital , 16-18 Westmoreland Street, London, W1G 8PH , UK.
authors.forename: Antonis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pantazis
authors.affiliation: The Heart Hospital , 16-18 Westmoreland Street, London, W1G 8PH , UK.
authors.forename: Annina S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Vischer
authors.affiliation: The Heart Hospital , 16-18 Westmoreland Street, London, W1G 8PH , UK.
authors.forename: Maria Carrillo
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Perez-Tome
authors.affiliation: The Heart Hospital , 16-18 Westmoreland Street, London, W1G 8PH , UK.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Castelletti
keywords: Anderson-Fabry's disease; Friedreich's ataxia; amyloidosis; cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; left ventricular outflow tract obstruction