Erschienen in:
01.08.2019 | Editorial
Can positron emission tomography help stratify the risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
verfasst von:
G. Neal Kay, MD
Erschienen in:
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
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Ausgabe 4/2019
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Excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a heterogeneous cardiac disease based on autosomal genetic mutations of genes coding for proteins involving the sarcomeres and myofilament elements.
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4 The clinical consequences of these mutations are widely variable, ranging from patients remaining totally asymptomatic to the most dreaded outcome, sudden cardiac death (SCD) which accounts for over 50% of deaths in this population.
4 Despite considerable advances in our understanding of the genetic basis for this disease and its relation to the clinical course of patients with these mutations,
5 there remains considerable heterogeneity in the risk of adverse outcomes. This is especially relevant as a clinician tries to prevent sudden cardiac death for an individual patient while minimizing the burden of therapy.
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