Heart Rhythm UK position statement on clinical indications for implantable cardioverter defibrillators in adult patients with familial sudden cardiac death syndromes
Population
Adult patients with familial sudden cardiac death syndromes
Design
Guideline
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Recommends absolute risk thresholds for ICD decisions in familial SCD syndromes; extends prior guidance with syndrome-specific adult estimates.
Structured PICO
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Population
Adult patients with familial sudden cardiac death syndromes (congenital Long QT syndromes, Brugada syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy)
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Intervention
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation
This position statement provides recommendations for ICD implantation in adult patients with familial sudden cardiac death syndromes based on absolute risk estimates.
Cite This Study
Garratt et al. (2010) studied this question.