Electrophysiologic abnormalities were present in 81% of HCM patients, and sustained ventricular arrhythmia was induced in 43%, which significantly correlated with clinical presentation (p=0.0002).
Observational (n=155)
What is the prevalence of electrophysiologic abnormalities and what factors predict the inducibility of sustained ventricular arrhythmias in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Electrophysiologic abnormalities are highly prevalent in HCM patients, and the inducibility of sustained ventricular arrhythmias correlates with the severity of clinical presentation, atrial fibrillation, and male gender.
Electrophysiologic studies (EPS) were performed in 155 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Indications for EPS were cardiac arrest in 22 patients, syncope in 55 patients, presyncope in 37 patients, asymptomatic ventricular tachycardia (VT) in 24 patients, palpitations in 10 patients, and a strong family history of sudden cardiac death in seven patients. Thirty-five (23%) patients had significant resting left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Electrophysiologic abnormalities were present in 126 (81%) patients. A high prevalence of abnormal sinus-node function (66%) and His-Purkinje (HV) conduction (30%) was noted. The most commonly induced supraventricular arrhythmias were atrial reentrant tachycardia and atrial fibrillation (10% and 11% of patients, respectively). Accessory atrioventricular pathways were present in seven (5%) patients. Programmed ventricular stimulation (PVS) induced nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in 22 (14%) patients and sustained ventricular arrhythmia in 66 (43%) patients. Sustained ventricular arrhythmia was polymorphic VT in 48 (73%) patients, monomorphic VT in 16 (24%) patients, and ventricular fibrillation in two (3%) patients. Induction was with two premature stimuli in 19 (29%) patients and three premature stimuli in 47 (71%) patients. Of 17 cardiac arrest survivors with sustained ventricular arrhythmia, 16 (94%) patients required three premature stimuli for arrhythmia induction. Sustained ventricular arrhythmia was induced at a right ventricular site in 51 (77%) patients and at a left ventricular site in 15 (23%) patients. Univariate analysis showed a significant (p less than 0.05) association between inducibility of sustained ventricular arrhythmia and VT on Holter in patients with a history of cardiac arrest or syncope but not in patients with presyncope or asymptomatic patients. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the following were significantly associated with inducibility of sustained ventricular arrhythmia: clinical presentation (cardiac arrest more than syncope more than presyncope more than asymptomatic patients, p = 0.0002; chronic or inducible atrial fibrillation, p = 0.002; and male gender, p = 0.04). In contrast, there was no clinical correlate of induced nonsustained VT.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
Fananapazir et al. (Wed,) conducted a observational in Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (n=155). Electrophysiologic studies (EPS) was evaluated on Electrophysiologic abnormalities. Electrophysiologic abnormalities were present in 81% of HCM patients, and sustained ventricular arrhythmia was induced in 43%, which significantly correlated with clinical presentation (p=0.0002).
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