What Is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and What Causes It?

What Is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and What Causes It? By Richard N. Fogoros, MD  This week: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is one of the more common genetic disorders affecting the heart. If you or a close relative have been diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, here are some things you should know.  What Is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and What Causes It?  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic cardiac disorder that can cause several heart problems, including heart failure and sudden death. READ NOW What You Need To Know About Acute Coronary Syndrome - ACS  Acute coronary syndrome - ACS - occurs when a coronary artery plaque ruptures, causing a blood clot to form and damaging or threatening heart muscle. READ NOW How Ablation Therapy Can Help Treat Your Cardiac Arrhythmia  Ablation procedures treat abnormal electrical pathways in the heart. These procedures can sometimes eliminate certain heart arrhythmias. READ NOW Chest Pain Caused By Anxiety Attacks  Chest pain is common, along with many other bodily symptoms, in patients with anxiety or panic attacks. READ NOW Secret Cardiology on Facebook   Here is a Facebook page featuring issues related to your heart, that your cardiologist would rather not talk about.  READ NOW Advertisement READ THESE NEXT What Kind of Parent Are You? 15 Questions About Behaviorism You Should Be Able to Answer Could You Have Psoriatic Arthritis? Self Test: How Resilient Are You? How "Type A" Are You? Could I Be Depressed? Do You Have PCOS Symptoms? This Quiz Will Tell You. Can a DAN Autism Doctor Help? AN ABOUT.COM BRAND You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Heart Disease newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2016 Verywell.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.