Characteristics and Longer-Term Outcomes of Contemporary Patients <18 Years of Age With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Alashi A, Svensson L, Klein J, Zahka K, Smedira NG, Najm H, Lever HM, Aziz P, Desai MY. Characteristics and Longer-Term Outcomes of Contemporary Patients <18 Years of Age With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2020, 140: 110-117. PMID: 33159906, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.10.060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrthotopic heart transplantPrimary composite eventsSudden cardiac deathPresence of symptomsZ-scoreFractional shorteningAppropriate internal defibrillator dischargeVentricular outflow tract gradientLeft ventricular wall thicknessLV septal thicknessOutflow tract gradientPrimary composite outcomeAppropriate ICD dischargeComposite primary endpointLV fractional shorteningVentricular wall thicknessHypertrophic cardiomyopathy patientsYears of ageComposite eventsTract gradientHospital deathPrimary endpointComposite outcomeExperienced centersPHC patients