Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (IHSS)
I. What every physician needs to know. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common genetic cardiac disease, and occurs when there is marked left ventricular hypertrophy in the absence of inciting factors, such as hypertension. It is caused by autosomal dominant mutations in one of 10 different genes coding for proteins needed to form the cardiac…