Perioperative Implications of the 2020 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Focused Review

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Jul;36(7):2143-2153. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.07.024. Epub 2021 Jul 16.

Abstract

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a complex disease with significant implications for patients and the physicians called upon to care for them during the perioperative period. In this article, the 2020 American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology clinical practice guidelines for the evaluation and management of pediatric and adult patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are reviewed, with a particular focus on perioperative considerations for the anesthesiologist.

Keywords: cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; echocardiography; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; septal reduction therapies; sudden cardiac death.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • American Heart Association
  • Cardiology*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic* / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic* / surgery
  • Cardiovascular System*
  • Child
  • Humans
  • United States / epidemiology