Risk Assessment and Prevention of Sudden Death in Chinese Adults with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy(HCM)is a genetic disease characterized by cardiac hypertrophy.Sudden cardiac death(SCD)is one of the main causes of death of this disease.It is very important to assess the risk of SCD in patients with HCM and to identify and prevent it at an early stage.In this paper,combined with the latest relevant research and guidelines on HCM,the risk assessment and prevention of sudden death caused by HCM are briefly described in order to have a deeper understanding of SCD caused by HCM.