Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy screening

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy screening
Listening to the heart: part of screening
PurposeDetect and prevent sudden cardiac death, reduce complications of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy[1]

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy screening is an assessment and testing to detect hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).[1][2]

It is a way of identifying HCM in immediate relatives of family members diagnosed with HCM, and athletes as part of a sports medical.[3] It aims to detect HCM early, so that interventions can be commenced to prevent complications and sudden cardiac death.[4]

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  2. ^ Ommen SR, Mital S, Burke MA, Day SM, Deswal A, Elliott P, Evanovich LL, Hung J, Joglar JA, Kantor P, Kimmelstiel C, Kittleson M, Link MS, Maron MS, Martinez MW, Miyake CY, Schaff HV, Semsarian C, Sorajja P (December 2020). "2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines". J Am Coll Cardiol. 76 (25): 3022–55. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2020.08.044. PMID 33229115. S2CID 227156559.
  3. ^ Ozo, Uchenna; Sharma, Sanjay (24 August 2020). "The Impact of Ethnicity on Cardiac Adaptation". European Cardiology Review. 15: e61. doi:10.15420/ecr.2020.01. PMC 7479545. PMID 32944090.
  4. ^ Phelan, Dermot M.; Symanski, John (2021). "7. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy". In Engel, David J.; Phelan, Dermot M. (eds.). Sports Cardiology: Care of the Athletic Heart from the Clinic to the Sidelines. Springer. pp. 97–110. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-69384-8_7. ISBN 978-3-030-69383-1.