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1 Why is smoking cessation of fundamental importance in the management of the cardiac patient? Smoking cessation is the most important of the modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The products of tobacco smoke contribute directly, and distinctly, to the…

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Pathophysiology, Functional Features, and Treatment of Outflow Tract Obstruction

Acknowledgment The authors acknowledge Dr. Paul Szmitko, who was the first author of this chapter in the second edition of the textbook. The pathophysiology of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) involves several abnormalities that can be assessed using echocardiographic Doppler techniques. Structural…