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Enhanced American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Strategy for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in High-Risk Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Enhanced American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Strategy for Prevention of... Key PointsQuestionIs it possible to identify most patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) at risk of arrhythmic sudden cardiac death (SCD) and to prevent such events with prophylactic implantable cardioverter/defibrillators (ICDs)? FindingsIn this cohort study of 2094 patients with HCM, ICD decision making was prospectively assessed based on conventional major risk markers derived from the literature and enhanced from 2011 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines over a 17-year experience at a single HCM center. Rates of appropriate ICD therapy terminating potentially lethal ventricular tachyarrhythmias exceeded SCDs in patients without ICDs by almost 50-fold. MeaningA prospective individual risk factor strategy predicted SCD events in nearly all at-risk patients with HCM, resulting in prophylactically implanted ICDs that prevented arrhythmic SCD events. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Cardiology American Medical Association

Enhanced American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Strategy for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in High-Risk Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright 2019 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
2380-6583
eISSN
2380-6591
DOI
10.1001/jamacardio.2019.1391
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Abstract

Key PointsQuestionIs it possible to identify most patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) at risk of arrhythmic sudden cardiac death (SCD) and to prevent such events with prophylactic implantable cardioverter/defibrillators (ICDs)? FindingsIn this cohort study of 2094 patients with HCM, ICD decision making was prospectively assessed based on conventional major risk markers derived from the literature and enhanced from 2011 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines over a 17-year experience at a single HCM center. Rates of appropriate ICD therapy terminating potentially lethal ventricular tachyarrhythmias exceeded SCDs in patients without ICDs by almost 50-fold. MeaningA prospective individual risk factor strategy predicted SCD events in nearly all at-risk patients with HCM, resulting in prophylactically implanted ICDs that prevented arrhythmic SCD events.

Journal

JAMA CardiologyAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jul 22, 2019

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