Cardiac Anesthesia - Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy MCQ’s - 4 by Prof. Ranjith | RAAONLINE

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]Which of the following is not a recognized predictor of sudden cardiac death in patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? Not a recognized predictor. Unexplained syncope, the left ventricular wall thickness greater than 30 mm, late gadolinium enhancement greater than 50% of the LV mass, pseudo normal pattern of LV relaxation. The answer is pseudo normal pattern of LV relaxation is not a recognized predictor of sudden cardiac death.

[00:00:31]The cardiac mortality of HOCM is approximately 1.5% per year. The sudden cardiac death account for 1% and another 5% from the heart failure and stroke. However, there are subset with annual mortality greater up to 4%