Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is common, inherited and characterised by unexplained thickening of the myocardium. The British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) has recently published a minimum dataset for transthoracic echocardiography detailing the core views needed for a standard echocardiogram. For patients with confirmed or suspected HCM, additional views and measurements are necessary. This guideline, therefore, supplements the minimum dataset and describes a tailored, stepwise approach to the echocardiographic examination, and echocardiography’s position in the diagnostic pathway, before advising on the imaging of disease complications and invasive treatments.

肥厚型心肌病 (HCM) 是一种常见的遗传性疾病，其特征为无法解释的心肌增厚。英国超声心动图学会 (BSE) 最近发表了经胸超声心动图的最小数据集，详细描述了标准超声心动图所需的核心视图。对于确诊或疑似 HCM 的患者，需要额外的视图和测量。因此，本指南补充了最小数据集，并描述了一种定制的、逐步进行超声心动图检查的方法，以及超声心动图在诊断途径中的地位，然后为疾病并发症和侵入性治疗的成像提供建议。