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MDPI, Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(10), p. 1858, 2021

DOI: 10.3390/jcm10091858

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Arrhythmic Sudden Cardiac Death and the Role of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator in Patients with Cardiac Amyloidosis—A Narrative Literature Review

Journal article published in 2021 by Aleksandra Liżewska-Springer, Grzegorz Sławiński, Ewa Lewicka ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is considered to be associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) due to ventricular tachyarrhythmias and electromechanical dissociation. However, current arrhythmic risk stratification and the role of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for primary prevention of SCD remains unclear. This article provides a narrative review of the literature on electrophysiological abnormalities in the context of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with CA and the role of ICD in terms of survival benefit in this group of patients.