The UW Medicine Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic was founded in 2009 to improve the lives of patients with HCM throughout the Pacific Northwest. Our mission is to provide comprehensive, high-quality care for HCM patients and their families through guideline-directed care, personalized treatment approaches, and innovative research.
The UW Medicine HCM Clinic includes a multidisciplinary team of experts with extensive experience in managing all aspects of HCM care. This includes HCM specialists, electrophysiologists, interventional cardiologists, heart failure / transplant specialists, cardiac surgeons, geneticists, cardiovascular imaging specialists, sports medicine providers, cardio-obstetricians, and pediatric cardiologists.
Patients and families with HCM will face many challenges and uncertainties along their journey. We believe that each HCM heart is unique in its anatomy and physiology, requiring individualized treatment approaches. To provide the best care for our patients, each person is evaluated and treated using an inclusive, patient-centered, and integrated approach as we establish an ongoing partnership in care.
UW Medicine seeks to actively advance HCM care through clinical, translational, and basic science research. This includes participation in multi-center clinical trials of novel medical therapies, including the pioneering use of mavacamten and other cardiac myosin inhibitors.
At UW Medicine, we focus on three main aspects of HCM care: (1) management and treatment of symptoms; (2) assessment and prevention of abnormal heart rhythms and sudden death; and (3) screening of family members using genetic testing or imaging.