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Table 6 Comparing causes of SCD according to the presence of family history of SCD

From: Risk factors of sudden cardiac death in Egyptian patients younger than 40 years

Diagnosis

Age group

p-value

Positive FH group (n = 202)

Negative FH group (n = 44)

N

%

N

%

HCM

46

22.8

4

9.1

0.0412*

DCM

36

17.8

11

25

0.2718

Congenital long QT Syndrome

23

11.4

5

11.4

1

Congenital CHB

17

8.4

4

9.1

0.8805

Brugada syndrome

11

5.4

7

15.9

0.0316*

CPVT

13

8.9

1

2.3

0.1380

Not diagnosed

11

6.4

4

9.1

0.5223

WPW syndrome

12

5.9

3

6.8

0.8210

ARVD

12

5.9

2

4.5

0.7160

Idiopathic VT

6

3

1

2.3

0.3865

Primary VF

4

2.9

1

2.3

0.8271

Mitral annular disjunction

2

2.5

0

0

0.2902

Concealed Anteroseptal AP

2

0.9

1

2.3

0.4310

PVCs from LVOT (Bigeminy)

2

0.9

1

2.2

0.4611

IHD

2

0.9

0

0

0.5285

LV non compaction

2

0.9

0

0

0.5285

  1. ARVD Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, CHB Complete heart block, CPVT Catecholamine-mediated ventricular tachycardia, DCM Dilated cardiomyopathy, HCM Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, ICM Ischemic cardiomyopathy, IHD Ischemic heart disease, LV Left ventricle, LVOT Left ventricular outflow tract, VF Ventricular fibrillation, VT Ventricular tachycardia, WPW Wolff–Parkinson–White
  2. *p < 0.05 is considered significant