Does Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) therapy effectively manage malignant arrhythmias in pediatric and congenital heart patients?
While ICDs effectively manage malignant arrhythmias in pediatric and congenital heart disease patients, they are associated with significant morbidity from spurious shocks and lead failure, highlighting the need for adjunctive medical and ablative therapies.
ICD therapy can effectively manage malignant arrhythmias in selected pediatric and congenital heart patients. Spurious shocks or ICD storm may increase morbidity and emphasize the need for concomitant medical and ablative therapy. ICD lead failure was relatively frequent in this population.
Alexander et al. (Thu,) studied this question.