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Indication

This is a clinical test intended for Help: Diagnosis, Pre-symptomatic

Clinical summary

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Imported from NCBI curation

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is typically defined by the presence of unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Such LVH occurs in a non-dilated ventricle in the absence of other cardiac or systemic disease capable of producing the observed magnitude of increased LV wall thickness, such as pressure overload (e.g., long-standing hypertension, aortic stenosis) or storage/infiltrative disorders (e.g., Fabry disease, amyloidosis). The clinical manifestations of HCM range from asymptomatic LVH to progressive heart failure to sudden cardiac death (SCD), and vary from individual to individual even within the same family. Common symptoms include shortness of breath (particularly with exertion), chest pain, palpitations, orthostasis, presyncope, and syncope. Most often the LVH of HCM becomes apparent during adolescence or young adulthood, although it may also develop late in life, in infancy, or in childhood.

Clinical features

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Imported from Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)

  • Cardiac arrhythmia
  • Sudden death
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Asymmetric septal hypertrophy
  • Subvalvular aortic stenosis

Inheritance pattern

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Autosomal dominant inheritance

Conditions tested

Target population

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Not provided

Clinical validity

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Clinical validity depends on specific clinical and family history.

Citations

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Clinical utility

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