title: Ventricular arrhythmias complicating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common genetic cardiovascular disorder and the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in the young. This article reviews the ventricular arrhythmias associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the difficulties in risk stratification, and current and future therapeutic strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Physiology, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. dhutchings@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hutchings
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sankaranarayanan
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Venetucci
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors