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'''Editors-In-Chief:''' C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [mailto:mgibson@perfuse.org], Cafer Zorkun, M.D. [mailto:zorkun@perfuse.org], Caitlin J. Harrigan [mailto:charrigan@perfuse.org], Martin S. Maron, M.D., and Barry J. Maron, M.D. | '''Editors-In-Chief:''' C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [mailto:mgibson@perfuse.org], Cafer Zorkun, M.D. [mailto:zorkun@perfuse.org], Caitlin J. Harrigan [mailto:charrigan@perfuse.org], Martin S. Maron, M.D., and Barry J. Maron, M.D. | ||
==Natural history== | ==Natural history== | ||
===Sudden Cardiac Death=== | ===Sudden Cardiac Death=== | ||
The incidence of [[sudden cardiac death]] (SCD) in patients with HCM is 2 to 4 percent per year in adults, and a 4 to 6 percent per year in children and adolescents. A review of 78 patients with HCM who died suddenly or survived a cardiac arrest episode showed that 71 percent were younger than 30 years of age, 54 percent were without functional limitation, and 61 percent were performing sedentary or minimal physical activity at the time of cardiac arrest. | The incidence of [[sudden cardiac death]] (SCD) in patients with HCM is 2 to 4 percent per year in adults, and a 4 to 6 percent per year in children and adolescents. A review of 78 patients with HCM who died suddenly or survived a cardiac arrest episode showed that 71 percent were younger than 30 years of age, 54 percent were without functional limitation, and 61 percent were performing sedentary or minimal physical activity at the time of cardiac arrest. | ||
====Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Death==== | ====Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Death==== | ||
There are few predictors of SCD in patients with HCM. | There are few predictors of SCD in patients with HCM. | ||
*Onset of symptoms in childhood | *Onset of symptoms in childhood | ||
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====Prognosis in Survivors of Sudden Cardiac Death==== | ====Prognosis in Survivors of Sudden Cardiac Death==== | ||
Survivors of SCD have a poor prognosis. Event free survival at 1,5 and 10 years was 83, 65 and 53 percent respectively. | Survivors of SCD have a poor prognosis. Event free survival at 1,5 and 10 years was 83, 65 and 53 percent respectively. | ||
Revision as of 12:51, 16 July 2011
Editors-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1], Cafer Zorkun, M.D. [2], Caitlin J. Harrigan [3], Martin S. Maron, M.D., and Barry J. Maron, M.D.
Natural history
Sudden Cardiac Death
The incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with HCM is 2 to 4 percent per year in adults, and a 4 to 6 percent per year in children and adolescents. A review of 78 patients with HCM who died suddenly or survived a cardiac arrest episode showed that 71 percent were younger than 30 years of age, 54 percent were without functional limitation, and 61 percent were performing sedentary or minimal physical activity at the time of cardiac arrest.
Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Death
There are few predictors of SCD in patients with HCM.
- Onset of symptoms in childhood
- A clinical history of spontaneous, sustained monomorphic VT or sudden death in family members.
- History of impaired consciousness
- Atrial arrhythmias
- Development of systolic dysfunction
- Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) in patients with symptoms
- Left ventricular wall thickness >30 mm. A recent report of 480 patients showed that left ventricular wall thickness was useful in identifying patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death. However, sudden cardiac death can occur in children and adolescents in the absence of left ventricular hypertrophy as well.
Prognosis in Survivors of Sudden Cardiac Death
Survivors of SCD have a poor prognosis. Event free survival at 1,5 and 10 years was 83, 65 and 53 percent respectively.