Family History of Sudden Death Should Be a Primary Indication for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the leading cause of sudden death in young patients. A number of noninvasive clinical markers, including family history, have formed the basis for a risk stratification strategy aimed at identifying high-risk patients with HCM. The observation that sudden death can occur in multiple relatives of the same family, and clinical studies in which a family history of HCM-related...

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