IMR Press / RCM / Volume 26 / Issue 10 / DOI: 10.31083/RCM44503
Open Access Review
A New Era in the Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
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Affiliation
1 Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, 11007 Cadiz, Spain
2 Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
3 Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, 28041 Madrid, Spain
4 Radcliffe Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, OX1 2JD Oxford, UK
*Correspondence: ana.perez.asensio.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es (Ana Perez-Asensio)
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2025, 26(10), 44503; https://doi.org/10.31083/RCM44503
Submitted: 3 July 2025 | Revised: 12 August 2025 | Accepted: 1 September 2025 | Published: 30 October 2025
Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a prevalent cardiac disease characterized by marked phenotypic variability. Recent advances in diagnosis and treatment have allowed a personalized approach to the treatment of this disease. Depending on the predominant phenotype, management can be tailored to address left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, heart failure, arrhythmia control, and/or sudden cardiac death prevention. This review highlights recent advances that have transformed the therapeutic landscape of HCM. Modern imaging techniques have improved sudden cardiac death risk stratification. The development of myosin inhibitors represents a paradigm shift in the treatment of symptomatic obstructive HCM. Invasive septal reduction techniques have also evolved, with novel approaches such as percutaneous intramyocardial septal radiofrequency ablation and transapical beating-heart septal myectomy. Finally, gene-targeted therapies including replacement, editing and silencing approaches, are emerging as promising strategies for HCM management.

Keywords
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
sudden cardiac death risk stratification
septal reduction therapies
myosin inhibitors
gene therapy
Funding
BBC/F/21/220106/ British Heart Foundation's Big Beat Challenge award to CureHeart
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