• Pacing Clin Electrophysiol · Sep 2003

    Efficacy of implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy for primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

    • David A Begley, Saidi A Mohiddin, Dorothy Tripodi, Judith B Winkler, and Lameh Fananapazir.
    • Cardiovascular Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
    • Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2003 Sep 1; 26 (9): 1887-96.

    AbstractRisk stratification and effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy are unresolved issues in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a cardiac disease that is associated with arrhythmias and sudden death. We assessed ICD therapy in 132 patients with HCM: age at implantation was 34 +/- 17 years, and 44 (33%) patients were aged

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