Management and outcomes of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in young adults

CONCLUSIONS: In young adults with HCM, MACE are common in the short term, especially in obstructive HCM and women, mostly arrhythmic in origin. Prophylactic ICD implantation is frequent and does not strictly follow the guidelines, while the use of European/USA guidelines is helpful but imperfect in identifying SCD risk.PMID:33744178 | DOI:10.1016/j.acvd.2020.12.006

Source: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases - March 21, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Émilie Baron Nicole Karam Erwan Donal Tania Puscas Mariana Mirabel Anne Bacher Karim Wahbi Jean-Michael Mazzella Xavier Jeunemaitre Patricia Reant Albert Hag ège REMY, GEREMY working groups of the French Society of Cardiology Source Type: research