Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Childhood Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Time to Solve the Mystery
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Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences University College, London, UK
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Cardiogenetics 2018, 8(1), 7201; https://doi.org/10.4081/cardiogenetics.2018.7201
Submission received: 20 November 2017
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Revised: 18 December 2017
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Accepted: 30 December 2017
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Published: 29 January 2018
Abstract
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is defined as left ventricular hypertrophy in the absence of loading conditions sufficient to cause the observed abnormality. The true prevalence in childhood is unknown; the aetiology is more heterogeneous than that seen in adult populations, and includes inborn errors of metabolism, malformation syndromes and neuromuscular syndromes. However, one of the greatest clinical challenges in managing young patients with HCM is identifying those at greatest risk of sudden cardiac death.
Keywords:
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; childhood; sudden cardiac death
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Norrish, G.; Kaski, J.P. Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Childhood Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Time to Solve the Mystery. Cardiogenetics 2018, 8, 7201. https://doi.org/10.4081/cardiogenetics.2018.7201
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Norrish G, Kaski JP. Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Childhood Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Time to Solve the Mystery. Cardiogenetics. 2018; 8(1):7201. https://doi.org/10.4081/cardiogenetics.2018.7201
Chicago/Turabian StyleNorrish, Gabrielle, and Jnua Pablo Kaski. 2018. "Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Childhood Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Time to Solve the Mystery" Cardiogenetics 8, no. 1: 7201. https://doi.org/10.4081/cardiogenetics.2018.7201
