Article
Getting ahead of sudden cardiac arrest in pediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Expert review of cardiovascular therapy - 1 Jan 2026
Chiu Shuenn-Nan, Tseng Wei-Chieh, Juang Jyh-Ming Jimmy, Lee Ni-Chung, Chen Wen-Pin, Wu Mei-Hwan
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) remains one of the most devastating complications of pediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Despite major advances in genetic diagnostics, cardiac imaging, and risk stratification strategies, the prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in children and adolescents with HCM remains an unresolved clinical challenge. Contemporary guideline-based approaches and...
Topics
- Humans
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac
- Child
- Defibrillators, Implantable
- Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
- Adolescent
- Electrocardiography
- Risk Assessment
- Age Factors
- Phenotype
- Practice Guidelines as Topic