[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: update and nursing assistance].

This is an update that aimed to describe some aspects of physiopathology of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) and its therapeutics correlating them to nursing assistance. Data source was based on LILACS bibliographical database using the search expression "hypertrophic cardiomiopathy" and "nursing care". The HCM is a disease that appears from cromossomic alterations that causes hypertrophy of the left ventricule and can cause heart failure, functional class III and IV. Treatment consists in using palliative medications or other procedures like Pace-Maker implantation, ventriculoplasty and heart transplantation. Nursing assistance based on Nursing Diagnoses and Intereventions are presented.