American College of Cardiology/European Society of Cardiology clinical expert consensus document on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a report of the American …

BJ Maron, WJ McKenna, GK Danielson… - Journal of the American …, 2003 - jacc.org
Writing Committee consisted of acknowledged experts in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
(HCM) representing the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the European …

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: clinical spectrum and treatment

ED Wigle, H Rakowski, BP Kimball, WG Williams - Circulation, 1995 - Am Heart Assoc
Although the pathology of HCM was described by two French pathologists in the mid 19th
century 1 2 and by a German pathologist in the early 20th century, 3 it remained for the …

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The importance of the site and the extent of hypertrophy. A review

ED Wigle, Z Sasson, MA Henderson, TD Ruddy… - Progress in …, 1985 - Elsevier
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a diverse clinical and pathophysiologic entity that involves
principally the left ventricle and is caused by asymmetric or concentric hypertrophy of …

[HTML][HTML] Mutations in the gene for cardiac myosin-binding protein C and late-onset familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

H Niimura, LL Bachinski… - … England Journal of …, 1998 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Mutations in the gene for cardiac myosin-binding protein C account for
approximately 15 percent of cases of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The spectrum of …

[HTML][HTML] Mutations in sarcomere protein genes as a cause of dilated cardiomyopathy

M Kamisago, SD Sharma, SR DePalma… - … England Journal of …, 2000 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The molecular basis of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, a primary myocardial
disorder that results in reduced contractile function, is largely unknown. Some cases of …

Long-term outcome in patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

MJ Eriksson, B Sonnenberg, A Woo, P Rakowski… - Journal of the American …, 2002 - jacc.org
Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe long-term outcome in patients with apical
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ApHCM) followed in a tertiary referral center. Background …

Clinical and echocardiographic determinants of long-term survival after surgical myectomy in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

A Woo, WG Williams, R Choi, ED Wigle… - Circulation, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Surgical myectomy has been the standard treatment for patients with drug-
refractory obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The clinical and echocardiographic …

The 50-year history, controversy, and clinical implications of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: from idiopathic hypertrophic …

BJ Maron, MS Maron, ED Wigle, E Braunwald - Journal of the American …, 2009 - jacc.org
Dynamic obstruction to left ventricular (LV) outflow was recognized from the earliest (50
years ago) clinical descriptions of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and has proved to be …

Mitral regurgitation in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: relationship to obstruction and relief with myectomy

EHC Yu, AS Omran, ED Wigle, WG Williams… - Journal of the American …, 2000 - jacc.org
OBJECTIVES This study examined: 1) the impact of myectomy on postoperative mitral
regurgitation (MR) and 2) the association between the severity of MR and the left ventricular …

Transesophageal Doppler echocardiography in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: clarification of pathophysiology and importance in intraoperative decision …

LE Grigg, ED Wigle, WG Williams, LB Daniel… - Journal of the American …, 1992 - Elsevier
To better understand the pathophysiology of obstruction of left ventricular outflow in
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and to determine the value of intraoperative transesophageal …