Abstract
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common heritable cardiovascular disease and a common cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young adolescents and athletes. Clinical risk stratification for SCD is predicated on the presence of established risk factors; however, this assessment is far from perfect. Herein, we present a 16-year-old male who was resuscitated successfully from his sentinel event of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Prior to this event, he was asymptomatic and lacked all traditional SCD-predisposing risk factors for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | E51-E57 |
Journal | Congenital Heart Disease |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- HCM
- ICD
- Risk Factor
- Risk Stratification
- Sudden Cardiac Death
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Surgery
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine