2021
Worldwide differences in primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator utilization and outcomes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Nauffal V, Marstrand P, Han L, Parikh VN, Helms AS, Ingles J, Jacoby D, Lakdawala NK, Kapur S, Michels M, Owens AT, Ashley EA, Pereira AC, Rossano JW, Saberi S, Semsarian C, Ware JS, Wittekind SG, Day S, Olivotto I, Ho CY. Worldwide differences in primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator utilization and outcomes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. European Heart Journal 2021, 42: 3932-3944. PMID: 36282238, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSudden cardiac deathAppropriate ICD therapyNon-US sitesHypertrophic cardiomyopathyUS sitesICD therapySCD riskICD recipientsImplantation rateImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation ratesMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator utilizationSarcomeric Human Cardiomyopathy RegistryCox proportional hazards modelHCM Risk-SCD scoreICD implantation ratesPrimary prevention ICDsSCD risk factorsRisk stratification algorithmLong-term outcomesLow-risk populationSignificant differencesSCD/Cardiac deathClinical outcomesWorldwide differences in primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator utilization and outcomes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Nauffal V, Marstrand P, Han L, Parikh VN, Helms AS, Ingles J, Jacoby D, Lakdawala NK, Kapur S, Michels M, Owens AT, Ashley EA, Pereira AC, Rossano JW, Saberi S, Semsarian C, Ware JS, Wittekind SG, Day S, Olivotto I, Ho CY. Worldwide differences in primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator utilization and outcomes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. European Heart Journal 2021, 42: 3932-3944. PMID: 34491319, PMCID: PMC8497072, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSudden cardiac deathAppropriate ICD therapyNon-US sitesHypertrophic cardiomyopathyUS sitesICD therapySCD riskICD recipientsImplantation rateImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation ratesMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator utilizationSarcomeric Human Cardiomyopathy RegistryCox proportional hazards modelHCM Risk-SCD scoreICD implantation ratesPrimary prevention ICDsSCD risk factorsRisk stratification algorithmLong-term outcomesLow-risk populationSignificant differencesSCD/Cardiac deathClinical outcomes
2020
Temporal Trend of Age at Diagnosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Canepa M, Fumagalli C, Tini G, Vincent-Tompkins J, Day SM, Ashley EA, Mazzarotto F, Ware JS, Michels M, Jacoby D, Ho CY, Olivotto I, Investigators T. Temporal Trend of Age at Diagnosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circulation Heart Failure 2020, 13: e007230-e007230. PMID: 32894986, PMCID: PMC7497482, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.120.007230.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypertrophic cardiomyopathyHCM diagnosisSarcomeric Human Cardiomyopathy RegistryGenetic testingHeart failure symptomsObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyNon-US sitesEra of diagnosisLikely pathogenic variantsClinical characteristicsOlder patientsFamilial hypertrophic cardiomyopathyHCM populationVentricular hypertrophyFemale ratioFailure symptomsSporadic diseasePathogenic variantsAdvanced diagnostic toolsDiagnosisTemporal trendsStable maleMild phenotypeAgePatients