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Visit the Mayo Clinic website.

References
Mayo Clinic Staff. (2022, May 24). Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Retrieved from Mayo Clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy/symptoms-causes/syc-20350198#:~:text=Hypertrophic%20cardiomyopathy%20is%20usually%20caused,flow%20out%20of%20the%20heart.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. (2022). Retrieved from Johns Hopkins Medicine: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy

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This picture shows how it gets harder for the heart to pump blood with HCM.

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This graph shows when patients (of certain ages) died of HCM.

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This image compares a MRI of a healthy heart (right), and one with HCM (left). You can see how the ventricles are affected and squished to the sides.

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There is no known way to prevent HCM, however it is important to identify if you have the condition early. Once the condition is identified, doctors can begin working to stop the disease from getting worse. It is also important to reduce the complication and risk of sudden cardiac arrest and to reduce symptoms so you can live as long as possible. This can be down by medications, self care, and devices.

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In this picture, it shows the difference between a real heart with HCM and without it. A is a healthy heart, and B is a heart that has HCM.

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This is an illustrated example of a healthy heart next to one with HCM. In the heart with HCM, the ventricular septum is much thicker, and the left ventricle is much smaller.

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-Chest pain, especially during exercise.
-Fainting, especially during or after exercise.
-Heart murmur, detectable by health care provider.
-Shortness of breath

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HCM can cause sudden cardiac death to anyone who has this disease, healthy or not. Because some people don't know they have HCM, this can be the first sign of the condition. It can also cause heart failure by the heart becoming too stiff to pump an efficient amount of blood out to the body.

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Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is a disease where the heart muscles become thickened, sometimes making it harder for the heart to pump blood. It is typically caused by gene mutations and usually inherited by a parent. If one parent has the disease, the child will have a 50% chance of having that same gene mutation.