Dr. Srihari Naidu (NYE-do), a nationally-recognized interventional cardiologist and director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program at Westchester Medical Center, NY, discusses a healthy lifestyle might not guarantee good heart health.
You eat right, WATCH YOUR WEIGHT AND work out, BUT THAT healthy lifestyle STILL may not protect you from CERTAIN genetic conditions.
that’s THE case with a heart disease called Hyper-trophic cardio-myopathy, or H-C-M.
Dr. Srihari Naidu, a nationally-recognized interventional cardiologist and director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program at Westchester Medical Center, NY.
Doctor- what is HYPER-TROPHIc CARDIO-MYOPATHY OR H-C-M?
HOW COMMON IS H-C-M ?
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS and how is it diagnosed?
how is the condition treated – CAN IT BE CURED?
what help is available for patients and their fAMILIES?
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Srihari S. Naidu, MD
Director of Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy Program
The Heart and Vascular Institute, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is proud to announce the launching of the new Westchester Medical Center Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program (HCM). HCM is a genetically-transmitted disease that affects about 1 in 500 individuals and has an extremely variable clinical presentation among affected patients. This variability requires expertise in a wide range of subspecialties within cardiovascular disease.