Why the study?
Sudden cardiac death is the leading cause of death in Chagas disease, making risk stratification and prevention of timely concern given its increasing global presence.
Population
Patients with Chagas disease
Design
Non-systematic review of the literature
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to Chagas-related SCD risk in migrants worldwide; extends endemic data to a global arrhythmia context.
This review highlights the major predictors of sudden cardiac death in Chagas disease and emphasizes the lack of randomized controlled trials guiding the use of ICDs and anti-arrhythmic drugs in this population.
Keegan et al. (2020) studied this question.
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