The health regulator has approved mavacamten for use in the NHS – benefitting about 7,000 people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy PMGallagher1 reports
HCM can also lead to a range of complications, including an irregular heartbeat, called arrhythmia, heart failure, stroke, and sudden cardiac death. Some people with uncontrolled symptoms may choose to have surgery.
“Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a disease for which, until now, there has been no specific treatment that targets its underlying cause. It has a very high and wide-ranging impact on quality of life and because it can develop at any age, it can occur in younger people who may formerly have had very active lifestyles.
About one in 500 people are born with the faulty gene that causes the condition, and each child of someone with HCM has a 50 per cent chance of inheriting it. Most people who have HCM are undiagnosed, have few or no symptoms, and can live a normal life.
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