Causes of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Causes of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is caused by various inherited mutations.

Causes of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Diseases Database):

The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that are listed by the Diseases Database:

• MELAS
• Cardiomyopathy, familial hypertrophic
• Multiple lentigines syndrome
• Glycogenosis type 2b
• Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome
• Malonyl-CoA decarboxylase deficiency
• Friedreich's ataxia
• Hereditary spherocytosis
• Long-chain Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
• Glycogenosis type 2
• Yunis-Varon syndrome
• Noonan's syndrome
• Berardinelli lipodystrophy syndrome
• Very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Causes: Risk Factors

The following conditions have been cited in various sources as potentially causal risk factors related to Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

• Family history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• more risk factors »

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Causes: Male-Female Gender Ratio

Gender of Patients for Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Men and women....more »

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Related Medical Conditions

To research the causes of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, consider researching the causes of these these diseases that may be similar, or associated with Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

• Congenital heart disease
• Nutritional diseases
• Ischemic cardiomyopathy
• Hypertensive cardiomyopathy
• Alcoholism
• Diabetes
• Valvular cardiomyopathy
• Hyperthyroidism
• Muscular dystrophies
• Hemochromatosis
• Congestive heart failure
• Viral myocarditis
• Thyroid diseases
• Peripartum cardiomyopathy
• Double apical impulse
• Alcoholic cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Causes and Types

Causes of Types of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Review the cause informationfor the various types of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

• ASH
• HOCM
• more types...»

Causes of Broader Categories of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Review the causal information about the various more general categories of medical conditions:

• Heart conditions
• Cardiomyopathy
• Circulatory system conditions
• Heart muscle conditions
• Chest conditions
• more types...»

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as a symptom:

Conditions listing Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Our database lists the following as having Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as a symptom of that condition:

• Carnitine transporter deficiency
• Combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 5
• Costello syndrome
• Glycogen storage disease type 2
• Pompe disease
• Type II Glycogen Storage Disease

What causes Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

Causes: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Many cases are inherited.
Article excerpts about the causes of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:
Most cases of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are inherited. Because of this, a patient's family members often are checked for signs of the disease, although the signs may be much less evident or even absent in them. In other cases, there is no clear cause. (Source: excerpt from NHLBI, Cardiomyopathy: NHLBI)

Medical news summaries relating to Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A sudden killer in young adults
• More news »

Related information on causes of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may be found in:

• Risk factors for Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Contagiousness for Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Genetics of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Hidden causes of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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