What Aspects of Phenotype Determine Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death in Pediatric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy?
Sudden cardiac death due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), is the most common autopsy-proven cause of unexpected medical death in children after infancy. This mode of death is preventable by implantation of an internal cardiac defibrillator (ICD), a procedure that has considerable morbidity in c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/5/124 |