MD Insider provides a unique inside look into medical conditions and treatments to uncover ground-breaking advances that are truly transforming healthcare. The series features insight from acclaimed cardiologist, Dean Kereiakes, MD, breaking down exciting innovations and treatments available right here in the Tristate. Dr. Kereiakes is the President and Medical Director of The Christ Hospital Heart & Vascular Institute. In this episode, Dr. Kereiakes and host Clyde Gray discuss innovations in the treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with Co-Medical Directors of the Christ Hospital Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center Wojciech Mazur, MD and Ankit Bhatia, MD.
Clyde: Hello, and welcome to MD Insider. One point three million Americans, including as many as 13,000 people in Greater Cincinnati, suffer from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM. Now that's a common genetic heart disease in the U.S.
Dr. Kereiakes: We're thrilled to announce that the HCM Center at the Christ Hospital has been recognized as the region's first and only HCM Center of Excellence in one of only two such centers in the state of Ohio.
Dr. Mazur: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a heart condition that causes thickening and stiffening of your heart muscle. HCM effects every age, gender, and ethnicity. Some individuals have absolutely no symptoms, while others experience fatigue, palpitation, shortness of breath, exercise intolerance, and even sudden cardiac death.
Dr. Bhatia: Our center has access to the most leading-edge treatments in clinical trials to enhance patient care. We provide the entire spectrum of cardiac imaging from diagnosis and prognosis to novel medications and septal reduction therapies, including biosurgery or transcatheter techniques, by the most experienced physicians in our region.
Our dedicated physician and team includes cardiac surgeon doctor J Michael Smith, electrophysiologist doctors J. Schloss and Dan Palkovitz, and interventionist doctors
Puvi Seshiah, Jared Frizzell, and Dean Kereiakes. If you've been diagnosed with HCM, you should be evaluated at a specialized center of excellence like ours.