ECG Score of Ostman-Smith et al for Predicting Risk of Sudden Death in a Patient with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Purpose: | To evaluate a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy for the risk of a life-threatening arrhythmia using the ECG score of Ostman-Smith et al. |
Specialty: | Cardiology |
Objective: | risk factors, criteria for diagnosis, severity, prognosis, stage, complications, selection |
ICD-10: | I42 |
Description: | Ostman-Smith et al developed a score for identifying a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who is at increased risk for sudden death. The authors are from Gothenburg University, Sunderby Hospital, Linkoping University and Lund University in Sweden and Oxford University in England. |
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