ICD-SUDD Score Calculator
- ICD-SUDD Score: Explanation and Clinical Context
The ICD-SUDD Score is a clinical risk prediction model developed to estimate the 5-year risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). This tool integrates multiple clinical variables to stratify patients into low, intermediate, or high-risk categories, aiding clinicians in decision-making regarding the necessity of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation for primary prevention of SCD.
Reference:
O'Mahony C, Jichi F, Pavlou M, Monserrat L, Anastasakis A, Rapezzi C, Biagini E, Gimeno JR, Limongelli G, McKenna WJ, Omar RZ, Elliott PM. A novel clinical risk prediction model for sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM risk-SCD). European Heart Journal. 2014 Aug 7;35(30):2010-20. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu217.
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