Sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a profile of 78 patients.
Population
78 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who died suddenly or experienced cardiac arrest and survived
Design
Case-control
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Standard markers lack reliability for sudden death risk stratification in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; leaves open need for improved predictors.
Structured PICO
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Population
78 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who died suddenly or experienced cardiac arrest and survived
C
Comparator
Age- and sex-matched control patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who have survived
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Outcome
Sudden death or cardiac arresthard clinical
Sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy frequently occurs in young, asymptomatic patients during minimal activity, and standard clinical or morphologic variables do not reliably predict this risk.
Cite This Study
Maron et al. (1982) studied this question.