Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Signs and Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment

Treatment

Treating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) depends on the presence and severity of a patient's symptoms, how a patient's heart is functioning, if a patient is suffering from abnormal heart rhythms and a patient's age and activity level. Treatment ranges from medications to surgery or ablation. Treatment of abnormal heart rhythms may include surgically implanting a pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter defibrillator into the patient. In rare cases of severe heart failure, a heart transplant may be needed.

Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Medical Center.
Last updated February 13, 2008