%A Joydeep Ghosh %A Johnson Francis %A Barry J. Maron %J Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal %T Role of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in the Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy %X Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an important cardiovascular disease with sudden cardiac death as the most devastating presentation. Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are the optimal therapy for prevention of sudden death from ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation of any cause. While there is no controversy with implanting ICDs in patients who have already survived a cardiac arrest, identifying high-risk patients for primary prevention in this disease remains a challenge. Implanting ICDs in patients with HCM is an important clinical consideration since many individuals could achieve normal or near-normal lifespans with this protection. %N 2 %K Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; implantable defibrillator; sudden cardiac death %P 72-75 %E Balbir Singh %E Yash Lokhandwala %E Johnson Francis %E Anup Gupta %V 5 %D 2005 %I Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group %L cogprints4214