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Introduction
In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), atrial fibrillation (AF) has historically been regarded to have a deleterious impact on clinical course, strongly associated with progressive heart failure (HF) symptoms. However, there is a paucity of information regarding the impact of AF on HCM employing validated quality of life (QoL) surveys. Therefore, we evaluated the impact of AF on QoL utilizing...
Background
Heart transplantation (HT) is the only option for most patients with end‐stage heart failure and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who fail medical therapy. Data on the long‐term outcomes post‐transplant in HCM individuals remain scarce.
Methods
We analyzed data of 319 adult patients who underwent HT between 1984 and 2019. Patients were followed for cardiac allograft rejection, cardiac...