Francesca Brun1, Judith A Groeneweg2, Kathleen Gear3, Gianfranco Sinagra1, Jeroen van der Heijden4, Luisa Mestroni5, Richard N Hauer2, Mark Borgstrom6, Frank I Marcus3, Trina Hughes3. 1. Cardiovascular Department, Ospedali Riuniti and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy. 2. Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands (ICIN-Netherlands Heart Institute), Utrecht, The Netherlands. 3. Sarver Heart Center, The University of Arizona Health Sciences Hospital, Tucson, Arizona. 4. Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 5. Cardiovascular Institute, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado. 6. University Information Technology Services, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of this study is risk stratification of patients with arrhythmic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). BACKGROUND: There is a need to identify those who need an automatic implantable defibrillator (ICD) to prevent sudden death. METHODS: This is an analysis of 88 patients with ARVC from three centers who were not treated with an ICD. RESULTS: Risk factors for subsequent arrhythmic deaths were pre-enrollment sustained or nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) and decreased left ventricular function. CONCLUSION: These factors serve as proposed guidelines for implantation of an ICD in patients with ARVC to prevent sudden death.
OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of this study is risk stratification of patients with arrhythmic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). BACKGROUND: There is a need to identify those who need an automatic implantable defibrillator (ICD) to prevent sudden death. METHODS: This is an analysis of 88 patients with ARVC from three centers who were not treated with an ICD. RESULTS: Risk factors for subsequent arrhythmic deaths were pre-enrollment sustained or nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) and decreased left ventricular function. CONCLUSION: These factors serve as proposed guidelines for implantation of an ICD in patients with ARVC to prevent sudden death.
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arrhythmogenesis; arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; risk stratification in ARVC
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