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MESH: Arrhythmias, Cardiac MESH: Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic MESH: Death, Sudden MESH: Electrophysiology MESH: Heart Atria MESH: Humans MESH: Myocardial Ischemia MESH: Risk FactorsSujets proches
Cardiac arrhythmia Allorhythmia Dysrhythmia Irregular heart beats Arhythmia ArrhythmiasCiter ce document
D Babuty et al., « [Arrhythmias of primary hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]. », HALSHS : archive ouverte en Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société, ID : 10670/1.1uvrb5
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Primary hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic disease causing sarcomere dysfunction. The structural and functional myocardial changes combine to produce cardiac arrhythmias related to reentry phenomena and to triggered automatic activity. The commonest arrhythmias are atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias; junctional tachycardias via the bundle of Kent are rare. Atrial fibrillation and the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome are more commonly associated with certain genetic mutations. Their treatment is mainly based on medication with amiodarone or on radiofrequency ablation in cases of junctional tachycardia. Ventricular arrhythmias are mainly isolated ventricular extrasystoles and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia. The prognostic significance of the latter has been subject of debate for many years but recent studies report a poor prognosis with non-sustained ventricular tachycardia especially in the young patients. Sustained ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation, though life-threatening complications of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, are rarely documented and justify implantation of an automatic defibrillator as the risk of recurrence is high. The main objective of the cardiologist in cases of primary hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is to identify the patient at high risk of sudden death. This requires analysis of several parameters: clinical, anatomical, haemodynamic, rhythmic, functional and genetic. The presence of at least two risk factors for sudden death justifies preventive measures. The implantation of an automatic defibrillator is the most reliable form of treatment.