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. 2019 Jun 6;40(45):3672–3681. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz396

Table 4.

Major cardiac events in the overall cohort

Age at diagnosis (years) Age at MaCE (years) Genetic test results (P/LP variant) Major cardiac event Cause of death/indication for ICD
0 (foetal) 0.4 None Death (cardiac) Advanced heart failure
0 (foetal) 0.5 MYBPC3 (homozygous) Death (cardiac) Advanced heart failure awaiting transplant
0 (foetal) 12.2 MYH7 ICD—primary prevention Family history of SCD, severe septal hypertrophy, LGE on CMR
1.1 4.1 MYBPC3 Surgical myectomy Symptomatic with LVOT gradient >100 mmHg
2.7 13.7 MYH7 Aborted SCD; ICD—secondary prevention Secondary prevention
4.2 8.7 MYH7 ICD—primary prevention Family history of SCD, extreme septal hypertrophy, and abnormal BP response
4.4 8.5 MYBPC3 (compound heterozygote) ICD—primary prevention Family history of SCD, abnormal BP response (two appropriate shocks)
5.4 6.5 MYBPC3 Surgical myectomy Symptomatic with severe LVOTO on optimal medical therapy
7 10.9 MYBPC3 (compound heterozygote) Death (SCD) SCD
7.6 15.6 MYH7 ICD—primary prevention Family h/o SCD, severe septal hypertrophy, and palpitations
8.8 10 MYH7 ICD—primary prevention Extreme septal hypertrophy, abnormal BP response
8.8 14.3 None Aborted SCD; ICD—secondary prevention Secondary prevention
9.1 9.1 None Surgical myectomy (+ primary prevention ICD 3 years later) Family history of SCD, severe LVOTO, and NSVT
11.5 14.3 MYH7 Surgical myectomy Symptomatic with severe LVOTO on optimal medical therapy
13 13.2 MYBPC3 (compound heterozygote) ICD—primary prevention Severe septal hypertrophy, NSVT, and abnormal BP response (one appropriate shock)
14.5 14.6 None Surgical myectomy (+ primary prevention ICD) Severe LVOTO, NSVT, and abnormal BP response on exercise
15.9 16.5 TNNT2 ICD—primary prevention Unexplained syncope, severe septal hypertrophy, and abnormal ECG on exercise

CMR, cardiac magnetic resonance; LGE, late gadolinium enhancement; LVOTO, LV outflow tract obstruction; MaCE, major cardiac event; NSVT, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia; P/LP, pathogenic or likely pathogenic.