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What is it called when your heart swells inward blocking blood flow in the arteries?

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Dr. Keshav Narain answered

Specializes in Retinal Surgery

Hypertrophic cardio-: Myopathy. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy occurs sometimes in healthy atheletes and in patients with a family history of the disease.

Answered 3/28/2013

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HCM: What you appear to be describing is called hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. It is not swelling, it is overgrown heart muscle causing the obstruction.

Answered 3/29/2013

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HOCM: what you describe is called hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

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Answered 12/1/2014

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