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University of Kent | Dr Neil Kad

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an inherited heart muscle disease. If you have the condition, the muscular wall of your heart becomes thickened, making the heart muscle stiff. This thickening makes it harder for your heart to pump blood out ...

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University of Kent | Professor Michael Geeves

Individuals with inherited genetic errors in heart muscle proteins are at risk of sudden death at any age. This is because the error leads to two major types of heart disease: a thickened heart wall (called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy); or ...

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King's College London | Dr Seda Eminaga

A common cause of sudden cardiac arrest in young people is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). HCM occurs when cells in the heart muscle increase in size. Eventually they can cause the walls of the two cavities in the heart – known as the ve...

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King's College London | Professor Ajay Shah

By investing in research the BHF are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, which could help us beat the heartbreak caused by heart and circulatory diseases across the world. But sometimes it takes more than a on...

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