HCM Ambulatory Clinic

• Evaluation of suspected and known HCM patients
• Coordination of testing, risk assessment and initiation of medical therapy
• Assist patients and their referring physicians make decisions regarding interventional and surgical options for HCM
• Screen family members of HCM patients

Echocardiography / Non-invasive Hemodynamics

• Standard transthoracic echocardiography
• Transesophageal echocardiography
• Exercise echocardiography
• Detailed hemodynamic assessment at rest and during provocation (Valsalva, Amyl Nitrite or exercise)
• Tissue Doppler and strain echocardiography to evaluate regional and global myocardial mechanics

Magnetic Resonance Imaging and MR Spectroscopy

• Detailed morphologic and functional imaging via standard, tagged and contrast enhanced MR imaging
• Evaluation of novel disease markers by MR spectroscopy

Computed Tomography

• Non-invasive assessment of coronary artery anatomy

Electrophysiology/Arrhythmia Risk Assessment:

• Evaluate risk for sudden cardiac death via clinical and non-invasive testing
• Determine need for defibrillator implantation
• Implantation of defibrillators and pacemakers

Heart Failure/Transplantation

• Cardiopulmonary testing, heart failure treatment, assessment for heart transplant

Interventional Cardiology

• Diagnostic coronary angiography
• Percutaneous alcohol septal ablation for obstructive HCM

Cardiac Surgery

• Surgical myectomy for obstructive HCM
• Valve repair

Medical Genetics

• Genotyping
• Genetic counseling

Pediatrics

• Screening, evaluation and management of children and young adults with HCM

To make an appointment at the Johns Hopkins Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of Excellence, please call 410-502-7974.