Why the study?
What are the rates of appropriate and inappropriate shocks in high-risk patients with Brugada syndrome receiving primary prophylactic ICD therapy?
Population
47 patients with Brugada syndrome at high risk due to syncope and/or positive family history of sudden…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 47.5 months
Authors
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Supports caution on inappropriate shocks with primary prophylactic ICDs in Brugada syndrome; leaves open refined selection and programming in prospective studies.
What are the rates of appropriate and inappropriate shocks in high-risk patients with Brugada syndrome receiving primary prophylactic ICD therapy?
Primary prophylactic ICD therapy is effective in high-risk Brugada syndrome patients, but is associated with a high rate of inappropriate shocks, particularly in younger patients and those with new onset atrial fibrillation.
Sarkozy et al. (2007) studied this question.
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