Key result
Less than 10% of all sudden deaths in young people are due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, with a case-fatality rate of 0.2% per year or less among asymptomatic individuals.
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Challenges the claim that hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common cause of sudden death in asymptomatic young people.
David S Wald (2006) conducted a letter in Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy vs. General population was evaluated on Proportion of sudden deaths attributed to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Less than 10% of all sudden deaths in young people are due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, with a case-fatality rate of 0.2% per year or less among asymptomatic individuals.
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