American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents; European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines. American college of cardiology/european society of cardiology clinical expert consensus documen on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A report of the american college of cardiology foundation task force on clinical expert consensus documents and the european society of cardiology committee for practice guidelines

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a complex and relatively common genetic cardiac disorder (about 1:500 in the general adult population)1that has been the subject of intense scrutiny and investigation for over 40 years. his clinical scientific statement represents the consensus of a panel of experts appointed by the ACC and ESC. The writing group is comprised of cardiovascular specialists and molecular biologists, each havingextensive experience with HCM. The panel focused largely on the management of this complex disease and derived prudent, practical, and contemporary treatment strategies for the many subgroups of patients comprising the broad HCM disease spectrum.