Clinical Pathways

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy — Paediatric

An echo-first, eligibility-gated HCM Risk-Kids 5-year sudden cardiac death risk estimate for eligible children.

Governed risk model

HCM Risk-Kids

Web pathway

Enter the variables required by the internally validated paediatric model. HCM Risk-Kids has subsequently undergone external validation in an independent, geographically diverse multicentre cohort of 421 children. The result supports clinical risk assessment and shared decision-making; it does not replace specialist judgment or determine ICD implantation.

Model population: primary/non-syndromic HCM, age 1–16 years, without previous sustained VT/VF.