Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a common yet under-recognized genetic structural heart condition characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy. Patients may present with obstructive disease ...

In this scientific statement from the American Heart Association, experts in the field of cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease) in children address 2 issues: the most current understanding of the ...

In a powerful demonstration of medical excellence and team coordination, the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at ...

Alnylam is riding high today after reporting its RNAi drug vutrisiran showed across-the-board efficacy in cardiomyopathy associated with transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR), setting up ...

Ellieana J. Peyton was born on March 4 and tragically died on March 31, leaving her parents heartbroken. Her mum has alleged ...

“The parents went home to shower and received a call stating their baby had been dropped,” Stella Dunlap shared in the family’s GoFundMe. “They were told their nurse had kept the baby’s monitor cords ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a condition that thickens some of the heart’s muscles, making it harder to pump blood. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) usually affects the ventricular ...

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The nurse put cords in her pocket that were still attached to the baby, and when she went to walk away she dragged the baby ...

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a heterogeneous disorder that is familial in approximately 30% of cases. Although several genes have been identified that can cause familial DCM, molecular analyses ...

Stress cardiomyopathy is the result of the direct effects of high levels of epinephrine on the ventricular myocardium High levels of epinephrine are negatively inotropic; they switch β2 ...