Population
31 patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, mean age 67.2 years, 18 male, referred to a single…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
mean 54 months (range 21-122 months)
Authors
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AHCM may warrant arrhythmia vigilance; case-level data leaves open whether sympathetic imaging aids risk stratification.
Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can be associated with lethal ventricular arrhythmias and severe congestive heart failure, challenging the traditional view of a benign prognosis.
Okishige et al. (2001) studied this question.
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