Definition of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

1. Noun. A disorder in which the heart muscle is so strong that it does not relax enough to fill with the heart with blood and so has reduced pumping ability.

Generic synonyms: Cardiomyopathy, Myocardiopathy

Medical Definition of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

1. A congenital heart disease that results in abnormal thickening of the ventricular septum and left ventricular wall. Enlargement of the ventricular septum can result in ventricular outflow obstruction (subaortic stenosis) and eventual cardiomyopathy. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

hypertrichosis
hypertrichosis lanuginosa
hypertrichosis partialis
hypertrichosis universalis
hypertridimensional
hypertriglyceridaemia
hypertriglyceridaemias
hypertriglyceridemia
hypertriglyceridemias
hypertriton
hypertritons
hypertroph
hypertrophia
hypertrophic
hypertrophic arthritis
hypertrophic cervical pachymeningitis
hypertrophic dystrophy
hypertrophic gastritis
hypertrophic interstitial neuropathy
hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy
hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
hypertrophic rhinitis
hypertrophic rosacea
hypertrophic scar
hypertrophical
hypertrophied
hypertrophied lenticels
hypertrophies

Literary usage of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Unstable Angina: Diagnosis and Management by Eugene Braunwald (1997)
"... than CAD that may present with acute ischemia, particularly in the setting of significant CAD, include aortic stenosis and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. ..."

2. 5th Report Of The Joint National Committee On Detection, Evaluation, And by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"... ACE inhibitors hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Beta-blockers; Diltiazem; with severe diastolic dysfunction Verapamil Hyperdynamic circulation Peripheral ..."

3. Biotechnology for the Twenty-First Century by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"There has also been recent success in identifying the gene responsible for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a marked enlargement of the heart which can be fatal ..."

4. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"The usual underlying cause of sudden cardiac death during exercise is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or congenital coronary anomalies in young persons and CAD ..."

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