The murmur of HOCM does not radiate to the carotids like that of AS. The important auscultatory features of HOCM that distinguish it from AS relate to dynamic auscultation, discussed in the ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common form ... doctor notices an irregularity in their heart function—a heart murmur ...

Bedside maneuvers that accentuate the murmur include assuming the standing ... MD, FRCPC, FACC, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program, Division of Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital; Department ...

Dynamic auscultation refers to using maneuvers to alter hemodynamic parameters during cardiac auscultation in order to diagnose the etiology of a heart sound or murmur. The Valsalva maneuver is ...

Despite extraordinary advances in understanding hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) at the molecular and genetic level, the overall clinical management of patients with HOCM remains ...