Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillator in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Efficacy and Complications of the Therapy in Long‐Term Follow‐up

Paweł Syska, Andrzej Przybylski, Lidia Chojnowska, Michał Lewandowski, Maciej Sterliński, Aleksander Maciąg, Katarzyna Gepner, Mariusz Pytkowski, Ilona Kowalik, Renata Mączyńska-Mazuruk,

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology · 2010 · 89 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

ICD therapy is effective in SCD prevention in patients with HCM, although the complication rate is significant. Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia seems to be the most predictive RF for appropriate device discharges. Number of RF did not impact the incidence of appropriate ICD interventions.

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