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Rick A. Nishimura

Researcher at American College of Cardiology

Publications -  135
Citations -  70942

Rick A. Nishimura is an academic researcher from American College of Cardiology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 63, co-authored 107 publications receiving 65828 citations. Previous affiliations of Rick A. Nishimura include American Heart Association & Elsevier.

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Characteristics and Clinical Significance of Late Gadolinium Enhancement by Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

TL;DR: In patients with HCM, presence of LGE on CE-MRI was common and more prevalent among gene-positive patients, but LGE was not associated with severe symptoms and remained a significant associate of subsequent SCD and/or ICD discharge after controlling for other variables.
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Eligibility and Disqualification Recommendations for Competitive Athletes with Cardiovascular Abnormalities: Task Force 3: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy and Other Cardiomyopathies, and Myocarditis: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology

TL;DR: A risk-stratification algorithm has been largely effective in identifying those people at highest risk who are eligible for primary prevention of sudden death with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), thereby markedly reducing HCM-related mortality to 0.5% per year.