Cirino Allison L, Channaoui Nadine, Ho Carolyn
Genetic Counselor, Cardiovascular Genetics Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
The purpose of this overview is to: 1.. Define the clinical characteristics of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM); 2.. Review the genetic causes of nonsyndromic HCM; 3.. Review the differential diagnosis of nonsyndromic HCM; 4.. Provide an evaluation strategy to identify (when possible) the genetic cause of nonsyndromic HCM in a proband; 5.. Review the management of HCM; 6.. Inform genetic counseling of family members of an individual with nonsyndromic HCM.