Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for children and adolescents at high risk for sudden death from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

摘要

"Case 1. In September, 1950, a boy of 14, had a "blackout" and fallen from his bicycle; two months later he again became dizzy and fell to the ground. . . . On February 20, 1951, he was being chased around the playground of his school, when he suddenly collapsed and was found to be dead on arrival at hospital twenty minutes later." And "Case 9 ... aged 16, a brother of Case No. 5, collapsed and died while riding his bicycle. . . . Post mortem he was found to be a well nourished and well developed young boy whose heart was virtually identical in appearance with that of his sister."