DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've heard from some of my relatives that heart disease runs in our family, so I've been reading a lot about different conditions. I can barely pronounce it, but what is hypertrophic ...

The human heart is a muscle, but it’s also a kind of complicated balloon—a balloon that fills and empties roughly 60 to 100 times every minute, and several billion times during the course of a ...

Learn about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and exercise, including safety tips, guidelines, and how best to stay active with this heart condition.

Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a heart disease that occurs due to chronic alcohol consumption. It is a type of dilated cardiomyopathy since it involves dilation or enlargement of one of the heart’s ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My sister was just told she has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. I've heard of that causing sudden death in athletes. She says she feels fine and doesn't need treatment now, so is she at ...

Your heart is a muscle. As Dr. Noah Moss, an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist at the Mount Sinai Fuster Hospital in New York City, puts it, “a very special muscle, but a muscle.” ...

Learn about the complications of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), including arrhythmias, heart block, and heart failure, as ...

Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a condition that can lead to the heart not pumping well. Attruby (acoramidis) was approved in 2024 by the FDA to treat people with ATTR-CM. It has ...

Partnership further supports trial recruitment; FORTITUDE-HCM to be highlighted at upcoming HCMA Annual Patient MeetingEnrollment underway for ...

Chronic stress can lead to heart disease which drastically increases the risk of having a heart attack.