title: Sudden cardiac arrest in a young patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and zero canonical risk factors: the inherent limitations of risk stratification in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common heritable cardiovascular disease and a common cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young adolescents and athletes. Clinical risk stratification for SCD is predicated on the presence of established risk factors; however, this assessment is far from perfect. Herein, we present a 16-year-old male who was resuscitated successfully from his sentinel event of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Prior to this event, he was asymptomatic and lacked all traditional SCD-predisposing risk factors for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
authors: Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn, USA.
authors: John J
authors: JJ
authors: Kohorst
authors: J Martijn
authors: JM
authors: Bos
authors: Donald J
authors: DJ
authors: Hagler
authors: Michael J
authors: MJ
authors: Ackerman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004452:Echocardiography; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D058687:Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: HCM; ICD; Risk Factor; Risk Stratification; Sudden Cardiac Death