Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a rare condition where the heart walls thicken at the left ventricle’s apex, making it harder for the ventricle to pump. Symptoms are often vague or absent, but ...

—Dr. Wang spoke to MedPage Today to discuss the diagnosis of apical HCM, and distinct features of this disease subtype. Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a morphological subtype of HCM that ...

Your resting heart rate can tell you about your fitness and stress.

Heart rate recovery (HRR) is the capacity for the heart to return to its natural rate after elevation. It generally measures how quickly the heart rate decreases after exercise. Someone’s heart rate ...