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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Dipin.s Junior resident Internal medicine. A utosomal dominant disease of the heart muscle, characterized by a small left ventricular cavity and marked hypertrophy of the myocardium with myofibril disarray . O verall prevalence is 1:500 to 1:1000

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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  1. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Dipin.s Junior resident Internal medicine

  2. Autosomal dominant disease of the heart muscle, characterized by a small left ventricular cavity and marked hypertrophy of the myocardium with myofibril disarray. • Overall prevalence is 1:500 to 1:1000 • Disease of the myofilaments, with alteration in structure and function • Most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young people.

  3. Asymmetric septal hypertrophy (ASH) • Idiopathic hypertrophic subaorticstenosis (IHSS) • Muscle subaorticstenosis • Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM).

  4. Etiology • Most common genetic cardiovascular disease • Mutation in genes encoding proteins of the cardiac sarcomeremyofilaments • Beta-myosin heavy chain, myosin-binding protein C, cardiac troponin T and I,alpha -tropomyosin, actin, titin, and myosin light chains • Other genes outside of the sarcomeremyofilaments have also been recently implicated • Deletions, insertions, missense, and splice site mutations.

  5. Hypothesis is that sarcomeric dysfunction leads to compensatory hypertrophy.

  6. pathology • Asymmetrical hypertrophy with a small LV cavity • Mural endocardium thickened by fibrous tissue • Elongation of chordae and ant. displacement of the hypertrophied papillary muscles • LA is usually dilated

  7. Histology • Short runs of severely hypertrophied fibers interrupted by connective tissue • Large and bizarre nuclei and fibrosis , with degenerating muscle fibers. • Whorling of muscle fibers is characteristic of HCM

  8. Pathophysiology Diastolic dysfunction • Impaired ventricular relaxation and chamber stiffness • Compensatory increase in late diastolic filling by atrial systole. • During exercise or any other type of catecholamine stimulation, diastolic filling period decreases as well as myocardial ischemia occurs • Leads to severe diastolic dysfunction- dyspnoea

  9. LVOT obstruction • Multifactorial • During systolic contraction the hypertrophied basal septum encroaches to the outflow tract • Mitral leaflets are pulled in by the venturi force • In midcavitary region hypertrophied pappillary muscles pressing against septum may cause obstruction

  10. LVOT obstruction is dynamic • Increased myocardial contractility, decreased ventricular volume, or decreased afterload ----increases Myocardial ischaemia • Supply-demand mismatch • compromised coronary blood flow to the LV myocardium -- abnormally small and partially obliterated intramural coronary arteries

  11. Autonomic dysfunction • Either a failure of systolic blood pressure to rise >20 mmHg or a fall in systolic blood pressure during excercise. • Speculated that there is high degree of abnormal autonomic tone in HCM • Assoc. with poor prognosis

  12. Mitral regurgitation • Secondary phenomenon due to systolic anterior motion of leaflets due to LVOT obstruction • During mid and late systole- jet directed post. and laterally

  13. Clinical presentation • Most are asymptomatic • Dyspnoea-diastolic dysfunction and elevated LV filling pressures • Angina – epicardial coronary disease may be absent • Syncope or presyncope- LV baroreceptors causes reflex vasodilatation • Atrial fibrillation occurs more in elderly

  14. Physical examination • Carotid pulse- spike and dome pattern rapid rise (percussion wave) midsystolic drop secondary wave (tidal wave) • Jugular venous pressue- usually normal; sometimes prominent a wave (hypertrophy and lack of compliant RV and powerful Rtatrial contraction)

  15. Apical impulse- forceful, sustained, diffuse double or triple apical impulse (outward thrust of ventricular contraction, a presystolic accentuated atrial contraction, and expansion of early diastolic filling) • Cardiac sounds- usually split sometimes paradoxically split S4 if severe hypertrophy

  16. Murmurs =crescendo–decrescendo murmur located primarily at the left sternal border. (usually ends before S2) • May radiate to the base or apex, but seldom radiation to the carotid arteries.

  17. Any condition which increases the LVOT outflow gradient – more obstruction – murmur is louder longer and peak late in systole

  18. LVOT obstruction and systolic murmur increased by………. • A reduction in LV cavity volume and pressure ( less preload) • A decrease in systemic vascular resistance / arterial pressure ( less after load ) • An increase in LV contractility • Converse is also true

  19. Anterior Mitral Leaflet

  20. Myocardial Contractility Exercise Cathecolamines Digitalis Per Arterial Pressure Methoxamine Sustained Handgrip Passive Leg Raise BV Expansion Ventricular Volume Valsalva Standing Nitroglycerine Tachycardia Gradient / Murmur Gradient / Murmur

  21. ECG • Abnormal in 90-95 % patients • LVH • LAE • Deep and narrow q waves in inferolateral leads • Diminished R waves in lateral precordial leads

  22. Large negative precordial T waves • Left axis deviation • No ECG finding is predictive of future events • Tall R and deep S waves weakly corelated with magnitude of LV hypertrophy

  23. SVT 46% • PVCs 43% • Non sustained VT 26% • AF can occur in 25-30% of elderly

  24. Chest X-Ray • Mild to moderate enlargement of the cardiac silhouette. • The left ventricular contour is rounded consistent with concentric LVH. • Enlargement of the left atrium • Right-sided chambers are usually normal.

  25. Echocardiography • Gold standard for the diagnosis of HCM • Increased wall thickness in the absence of other etiology • Septum>=1.3 times LV post.free wall • Subaortic Gradient > 30mm Hg ( rest) >50(provocation) • Vigorous motion of post. Free wall with reduced septal excursion • Avg. LV wall thickness in HCM is 20- 22mm • ECG and echo has to be correlated. • Low voltages in ECG in the presence of increased wall thickness is seen in infiltrative disorder

  26. Small LV cavity/ Septal immobility • Primary tool for defining the presence and severity of LVO tract obstruction • Systolic anterior motion of mitral valve • Presence and severity of MR (laterally and posteriorly directed jet in mid to late systole) Cardiac MRI

  27. Subaortic gradient >30 is a determinant of heart failure but risk of sudden death • Elderly patients are not targeted for risk stratification(SCD is uncommon and survival to old age itself suggests low risk) • Beta myosin heavy chain and trop T mutations are assoc. with higher risk for premature death.

  28. Management Prevention of SCD • ICD implantation – as primary prevention following cardiac arrest -as secondary prevention if one or more high risk factors • Empirical pharmacological therapy with amiodarone is now obsolete

  29. Medical treatment Heart failure • Beta blockers (slows heart rate, reduce force of LV contraction, augments ventricular filling and relaxation, decreases myocardial O2 demand, blunts outflow gradient triggered by sympathetic activity) • Verapamil (improves LV relaxation and filling) • Disopyramide • End stage failure –ACE ,ARBs, ICD to prevent SCD

  30. Atrial fibrillation- most common sustained arrhythmia in HCM • Paroxysmal AF occurs in 20% • Increases with age and is related to LA dilatation • Acute decompensation- cardioversion • Amiodarone prevents reccurences • Rate control with beta blockers or verapamil • Started on anticoagulation

  31. Diuretics…………….. • Can be use alone judiciously or with betablockers / verapamil to lessen pulmonary congestion

  32. Non medical treatment Surgery • Severe drug refractory heart failure symptoms • Severe functional disability (NYHA class III , IV) • Associated with LV outflow obstruction at rest or with physiological exercise (>50mm gradient) • Transaortic ventricular septalmyectomy (morrow procedure)-small portion from basal septum

  33. Alcohol ablation • 96-98 % ethanol (1-3 ml)introduced into major septal perforator vessel • Necrosis and permanent MI in proximal septum is created • Thinning and reduced excursion of septum, Outflow tract enlarges- reduction of subaortic obstruction and MR • alternative treatment strategy for selected patients— (advanced age, significant comorbidity and increased operative risk, without access to expert surgical centers, or pt.againstsurgical intervention)

  34. Alcohol ablation

  35. Dual chamber pacing – no definite evidence

  36. Infective endocarditis • Vegetations most commonly seen on anterior mitral leaflet or septalendocardium at the site of mitral valve–septum contact • standard antimicrobial prophylaxis is indicated prior to dental or surgical procedures

  37. Thank you

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