What Aspects of Phenotype Determine Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death in Pediatric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy?

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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Main Author: Ingegerd Östman-Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
Subjects:
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
risk factors
sudden cardiac death
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/9/5/124

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