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Data from a small case series suggest that advanced symptoms, low LVEF, or both are associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes.

A patient with a persistently rapid ventricular rate in response to an atrial arrhythmia or ventricular tachycardia (VT) can develop a “rate-related” cardiomyopathy. Eliminating the . . .

For now, LVEF is still the most useful basis for decisions about preventive intervention.

In a primary-prevention trial, no adverse quality-of-life effects were seen in ICD recipients during 30 months of follow-up.

SCD incidence rates declined dramatically after implementation of a preparticipation cardiovascular screening program that included routine ECG use.

They are common and associated with poor outcomes in the face of highly variable treatment.

An important consensus document on a potentially fatal disorder that, while often clinically silent, is increasingly identified
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In a single-center study, peak oxygen uptake was an independent predictor of outcome.

Only one quarter of patients completely recover systolic function, but death and the need for transplantation are relatively rare.

Clinical and imaging characteristics include symptoms typical of acute coronary syndrome, ventricular ballooning, and transient myocardial edema.

Long-term data from a multicenter registry bolster confidence in a less-invasive alternative to surgical myomectomy.

In a case series with up to 9 years of follow-up, cardiac death and aborted sudden cardiac death were significantly more common after ASA than after surgical myectomy.
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For this notoriously difficult-to-diagnose disease, a new — albeit invasive — test promises better diagnostic accuracy.

In a case series in which the type of treatment was determined primarily by patient preference, survival after alcohol ablation was comparable to that after septal myectomy.

An analysis of data from British sporting bodies finds no confirmed HCM but a higher-than-anticipated prevalence of Wolff-Parkinson-White and long QT syndromes.

In a prospective study, patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and normal TWA test results were at low short-term risk for cardiac events.

The key to detecting obstruction might be assessment during exercise rather than at rest.

Stress-induced stunning of the myocardium has been proposed as a potential contributor to heart failure. Three strong earthquakes in central Niigata, Japan, in October 2004 . . .

Findings support routine echocardiographic evaluation for relatives of patients with diagnosed dilated cardiomyopathy.

Distinguishing between restrictive cardiomyopathy and constrictive pericarditis can be difficult using only physical examination, hemodynamic measurements, and noninvasive imaging. Given that brain-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) . . .