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hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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Noun1.hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - a disorder in which the heart muscle is so strong that it does not relax enough to fill with the heart with blood and so has reduced pumping ability
cardiomyopathy, myocardiopathy - a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium)

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an excessive thickening of the heart muscle, often an inherited condition, according to The Cardiomyopathy Association.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a congenital heart muscle disease.
The incidence of atrial fibrillation increases with age, coronary disease, hypertension, valvular heart disease, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (19-21).
 
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