Clinical presentation and survival of childhood hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a retrospective study in United Kingdom

Understanding the spectrum of disease, symptom burden and natural history are essential for the management of children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The effect of changing screening practices over time has not previously been studied. This study describes the clinical characteristics and outcomes of childhood HCM over four decades in a well-characterized United Kingdom cohort. Six hundred and eighty-seven patients with HCM presented at...