The amount of late gadolinium enhancement outperforms current guideline-recommended criteria in the identification of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at risk of sudden cardiac death

The amount of late gadolinium enhancement outperforms current guideline-recommended criteria in the identification of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at risk of sudden cardiac death

Abstract Background Identifying the patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in whom the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) justifies the implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in primary prevention remains challenging. Different risk stratification and criteria are used by the Eu...

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Main Authors: Pedro Freitas, António Miguel Ferreira, Edmundo Arteaga-Fernández, Murrilo de Oliveira Antunes, João Mesquita, João Abecasis, Hugo Marques, Carla Saraiva, Daniel Nascimento Matos, Rita Rodrigues, Nuno Cardim, Charles Mady, Carlos Eduardo Rochitte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Subjects:
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Risk stratification
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12968-019-0561-4

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