[Sudden death in hypertrophic obstructive and non-obstructive cardiomyopathy: can it be prevented?]

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serval:BIB_BE93159509D2
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
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Publications
Institution
Title
[Sudden death in hypertrophic obstructive and non-obstructive cardiomyopathy: can it be prevented?]
Journal
Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift
Author(s)
Grobety  M., Schlaepfer  J., Kappenberger  L., Fromer  M.
ISSN
0036-7672 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
04/1997
Volume
127
Number
15
Pages
623-30
Notes
English Abstract
Journal Article
Review --- Old month value: Apr 12
Abstract
Sudden cardiac death constitutes the most devastating aspect of obstructive and non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Loss of consciousness and family history of sudden cardiac death should alert the physician to the risk of sudden death. ECG, morphological and hemodynamic assessment, and exploration of central nervous activity are of little use in stratifying the risk of sudden cardiac death. Loss of consciousness associated with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia and inducible sustained ventricular arrhythmia identify patients at very high risk of sudden cardiac death. Nevertheless, many variable factors are involved in the pathophysiology of sudden cardiac death, and hence risk stratification of sudden cardiac death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy remains a very difficult clinical challenge.
Keywords
Adolescent Adult Atrial Fibrillation/physiopathology Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic/*complications/physiopathology Child Death, Sudden, Cardiac/*etiology Electrocardiography Electrocardiography, Ambulatory Hemodynamic Processes Humans Risk Factors Syncope/physiopathology
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Web of science
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