Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, The Most Common Form Of Genetic Heart Disease

Main Category: Heart Disease
Article Date: 14 Aug 2005 - 12:00 PDT

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Lisa Salberg, president of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association (HCMA), is a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patient and co-author of "HCM:

For Patients, Their Families and Interested Physicians." She can provide simple tips, exercise guidelines, resources and recommended procedures that could potentially save lives:

"The tragic news of young gifted athletes from around the U.S. who suffer sudden death from undetected hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a reminder about the need to provide national screening for this heart disease.

HCM, which results in a thickening of the heart muscle, is the most common genetic heart disease in the U.S. and the leading cause of sudden death in children and young adults.

HCM can be detected and treated, allowing patients to live long lives. Simply improving pre-participation screening forms and conducting ECGs on properly selected school-age children and young adults will reduce tragic events."

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