Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Sudden Death and Implantable Defibrillators

Implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD) are greatly efficient in eliminating arrhythmias patients withhigh-risk hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, showing that this equipment has a contribution the prevention and treatment of unexpected death. When have risk marker, death one or more first-degree relations with maximal left ventricle wall thickness 30 mm current unexplained syncopal episode, ICD installation is considered appropriate. If dangerously fast heartbeat prevents heart from pumping enough blood to rest body ventricular fibrillationor tachycardia, if patient at high suffering such rhythm problem (arrhythmia), usually due weak muscle, can survive using ICD.