Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Acknowledgment The authors thank Dr. Christiane Gruner for her contribution to the previous edition of this chapter. Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (LVH) can represent either a physiologic or pathologic cardiac process that can be secondary to abnormal loading conditions or…
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is characterized by the presence of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy in the absence of another cardiac or systemic etiology. It is a genetic condition with an autosomal dominant inheritance, affecting 1 in 500 individuals of the general…