Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

A diagnosis of HCM can fill you with uncertainty. But you can rest easier knowing you’ll have support with solutions that strengthen your whole health. We want you to feel confident, connected and heard while you’re in our care.

Expert Collaborations

We believe the best way to support you in body, mind and spirit is to work together across our areas of expertise. Our approach is highly coordinated and as an AdventHealth HCM patient you’ll have access to:

• Arrhythmia specialists
• Cardiovascular surgeons
• Geneticists
• Imaging specialists
• Invasive cardiologists
• Pediatric cardiologists
• Transplant surgeons

We’ll work together to provide effective treatment delivered with compassion.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is often inherited. Most often diagnosed in middle age, it can affect people at any age. Risk factors include:

• Alcoholism
• Coronary heart disease, heart attack or a viral infection that inflames the heart muscle
• Diabetes and other metabolic diseases
• Diseases that damage the heart, such as hemochromatosis, sarcoidosis or amyloidosis
• Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (a family history of cardiomyopathy, heart failure or sudden cardiac arrest)
• High blood pressure
• History of syncope
• Severe obesity