[Sudden death in hypertrophic myocardiopathy].

Abstract excerpt

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common cause of sudden death in young individuals who are otherwise healthy. Risk of sudden death is highest in patients who are between 14 and 35 years old. Several mechanisms are involved in sudden death: ventricular arrhythmias, supraventricular arrhythm...

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Age Factors
• Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
• Child
• Death, Sudden, Cardiac
• Defibrillators, Implantable
• Humans
• Mutation
• Myosin Heavy Chains
• Risk Factors
• Stroke Volume
• Tachycardia, Ventricular