Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a rare heart condition characterized by the thickening of your heart muscle near the bottom of your left ventricle. Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) can ...

Children with congenital complete atrioventricular block often require lifelong pacemaker therapy. Although such therapy restores a normal heart rate, it also results in dyssynchronous left ...

—Dr. Wang spoke to MedPage Today to discuss the diagnosis of apical HCM, and distinct features of this disease subtype. Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a morphological subtype of HCM that ...

DIRECT hemodynamic study of the left ventricle has been accomplished in recent years by many approaches. In infancy and childhood it is often possible to pass a catheter into this ventricle via the ...

The heart’s apex is located at the bottom tip of the heart. It consists of the left and right ventricles. Conditions affecting the heart’s apex include myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, and heart attack.

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Millions of people experience irregular heartbeats, called arrhythmias, at some point in their lives. Most often, they are harmless and happen in healthy people free of heart disease. However, some ...

For palpation, use your fingertips or the area between the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints. Practice and attention will determine which area is most sensitive for you. The ...

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E-cadherin cell–cell junctions couple the contractile cortices of epithelial cells together, generating tension within junctions that influences tissue organization. Although junctional tension is ...