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What is your approach to anticoagulation in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and an apical aneurysm?

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Cardiology · Mayo Clinic

Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and an apical aneurysm are at higher risk for sudden cardiac death (hence the 2a guideline recommendation for primary prevention ICD) and thromboembolism. Rowin et al., PMID 29122139 previously noted that non-anticoagulated HCM patients with apical aneurysms...

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