Co-Chair
Co-Chair
*Writing committee members are required to recuse themselves from voting on sections to which their specific relationships with industry and other entities may apply; see Appendix 1 for detailed information.
†ACCF/AHA Representative.
‡ACCF/AHA Task Force on Performance Measures Liaison.
§Society of Thoracic Surgeons Representative.
‖American Association for Thoracic Surgery Representative.
¶Heart Rhythm Society Representative.
#Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Representative.
**American Society of Echocardiography Representative.
††Pediatric Content Expert.
‡‡Heart Failure Society of America Representative.
§§American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Representative.
‖‖ACCF/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines Liaison.
Chair, 2009–2011
Immediate Past Chair, 2006–2008
Chair-Elect
¶¶Former Task Force member during this writing effort.
Developed in Collaboration With The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Rhythm Society, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons
This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Foundation Board of Trustees and the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in April 2011. The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Rhythm Society, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons approved the document in June 2011.
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery requests that this document be cited as follows: Gersh BJ, Maron BJ, Bonow RO, Dearani JA, Fifer MA, Link MS, Naidu SS, Nishimura RA, Ommen SR, Rakowski H, Seidman CE, Towbin JA, Udelson JE, Yancy CW. 2011 ACCF/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011;142:e153–203.
This article is copublished in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and the Circulation.
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