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Using a national registry of patients with cardiac inherited disease (CID), the authors (Rucinski et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020;75:2698-2707. PMID:32466885) sought to describe the profile of patients presenting with resuscitated sudden cardiac death (RSCD). People in New Zealand presenting with RSCD are evaluated using a standardized approach and those determined to have CID are included in the registry. Patients were classified based on standard diagnostic criteria for each diagnostic category including long QT syndrome (LQTS), Brugada syndrome (BrS), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT), dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC).
Source: Heart Rhythm - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research