How do you screen for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
If you have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the Center for Heart Failure recommends that your first-degree adult relatives (parents, siblings and children) be screened by seeing a physician and getting an electrocardiogram (ECG) and echocardiogram every five years.
Can you play sports if you have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Current guidelines recommend restricting competitive sports participation for individuals with HCM to low-static/low-dynamic sports such as golf or bowling,1-3 and vigorous recreational exercise has also been recommended against.
Can you run with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Current guidelines recommend that patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) not partake in high-intensity exercise due to the increased risk of sudden cardiac death.
Can you survive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Research has shown that with proper treatment and follow-ups, most people with HCM live a normal life. A database of 1,297 patients with HCM from the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation identified that 2% of the patients can live past 90 years, and 69% of them were women.
Can HCM skip a generation?
Most people with HCM inherited the genetic mutations from their parents, but the mutations can also occur spontaneously. These mutations can pass directly from parent to child; they do not skip a generation. The likelihood of a parent passing the mutation on to a child is about 50 percent.
Is walking good for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
“I usually encourage my patients with HCM to take up a habitual, moderate-intensity exercise regimen, such as walking a minimum of 20 minutes, 5 days a week,” says Dr.
Can you lift weights with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
HCM comes with strict limitations on physical activity: I’m not allowed to do competitive sports, lift heavy objects above my head or swim alone (which is probably good advice for anyone).
Who is at risk for HCM?
The genetic risk for HCM is passed from one generation to the next by way of dominant-acting mutations in genes governing the structure of the heart muscle. That means that first-degree relatives (parents, siblings, and children) of an affected person have a 50% chance of having inherited the same mutation.