Introduction Heart Failure (HF) is estimated to affect approximately 26 million people worldwide., In Brazil, prevalence is high, with about 2 million diagnosed patients and an incidence of roughly 240,000 new cases every year. Between 2011 and 2021, more than 2.5 million HF-related hospitalizations were recorded in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS), underscoring the relevance of the disease in the national context. These figures highlight the need for early diagnostic strategies and etiological definition for the appropriate management of […]

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the most common genetic heart disease, has an estimated prevalence in the general population of 1:500–1:200. The diagnosis is based on the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) that is not fully explained by loading conditions, and HCM occurs in the absence of other cardiac, systemic, or metabolic disease or in the context of a multiorgan syndrome associated with LVH. Despite being considered a genetic disease, the initial diagnosis of HCM does not require genetic testing. The […]