1. Transthoracic echocardiography of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in adults: a practical guideline from the British Society of Echocardiography
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Martin Stout, Shaun Robinson, Allan Harkness, William Bradlow, Richard P. Steeds, David Oxborough, Daniel Augustine, Lynne Williams, Lauren Turvey, and Nicola Smith
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Guidelines and Recommendations ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Practical guideline ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ,echocardiography ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,cardiovascular diseases ,guidelines ,Advanced and Specialized Nursing ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,business.industry ,Invasive treatments ,Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ,Guideline ,medicine.disease ,hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ,R1 ,RC666-701 ,Cardiology ,cardiovascular system ,Thickening ,business ,Stepwise approach ,RC - Abstract
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is common, inherited and characterised by unexplained thickening of the myocardium. The British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) has recently published a minimum dataset for transthoracic echocardiography detailing the core views needed for a standard echocardiogram. For patients with confirmed or suspected HCM, additional views and measurements are necessary. This guideline, therefore, supplements the minimum dataset and describes a tailored, stepwise approach to the echocardiographic examination, and echocardiography's position in the diagnostic pathway, before advising on the imaging of disease complications and invasive treatments.
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- 2021