Family screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Is it time to change practice guidelines?

Myriam Lafreniere-Roula,Yoav Bolkier,Laura Zahavich,Jacob Mathew,Kristen George,Judith Wilson,Elizabeth A. Stephenson,Leland N. Benson,Cedric Manlhiot,Seema Mital

Family screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Is it time to change practice guidelines?

2019

Myriam Lafreniere-Roula
Yoav Bolkier
Laura Zahavich
Jacob Mathew
Kristen George
Judith Wilson
Elizabeth A. Stephenson
Leland N. Benson
Cedric Manlhiot
Seema Mital

Aims Current guidelines recommend initiating family screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) after age 10 or 12 years unless early screening criteria are met. The aim was to evaluate if current screening guidelines miss early onset disease.

Keywords:

Cardiology
Diabetes mellitus
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Internal medicine
Medicine
Family history
Omega-Chloroacetophenone
Sudden cardiac death
Interquartile range
Transplantation
MYH7
Mace

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