Now, in a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, a team of RDM researchers have borrowed a brain imaging technique to spot the tell-tale disarray in heart muscle fibers that could set off a potentially fatal heart rhythm in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.This is the first time that these tell-tale signs can be spotted in living patients. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an inherited condition in which part of the heart muscle becomes much thicker. 1 in 500 people across the world have this condition, some with complications such as heart failure and stroke, while others have no symptoms and normal life expectancy.
But even patients with no symptoms are still at risk of dying suddenly. "We often hear the sad news of a young person, such as David Frost's son Miles, dying suddenly in the prime of life, with a post-mortem finding of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy,"…
