Use of Echocardiography to Diagnose Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Fabian Knebel, Sana Klinikum, Berlin, Germany, and Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Charité Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany, opened the podcast with a definition of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which is characterised by left ventricular hypertrophy. Knebel then described the symptoms of the condition, such as shortness of breath and syncope after physical exertion.