HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY WITH 2 EPISOD ES OF RECUPERATED SUDDEN-DEATH - REPORT OF THE 1ST IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR CARDIOVERTER INSTALLED IN CHILE

We report a 29 years old male with a non obstructive hypertrophic card iomyopathy that survived two episodies of cardiac arrest and with a fa miliar history of the disease and sudden death. He had an implant of a n automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator by a left anterior thoracotomy with intraoperative electrophysiology. The postoperative o utcome was uneventful. After one year of follow up, the patient is in good functional capacity and the implanted device has not performed de fibrillations.