A dynamic risk management approach to reduce harm in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is thought to be a leading cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in athletes, and while SCD is the most dramatic and feared of all HCM presentations, its exact incidence remains unclear. Current expert opinion and consensus panels that formulated exercise recommendations in HCM to reduce the risk of sudden death by avoiding competitive sport are based on scant, observational, often circumstantial, and sometimes conflicting evidence. These recommendations rely on multiple cross-referencing of few original papers from a limited number of research groups.
Source: Progress in Pediatric Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research