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Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Heart Transplant Recipients With Allograft Failure

Authors :
Maryjane Farr
Ersilia M. DeFilippis
Koji Takeda
Veli K. Topkara
Angelo B. Biviano
Source :
JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology. 6:245-247
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2020.

Abstract

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is responsible for up to 10% to 35% of deaths after heart transplantation (HT) ([1][1],[2][2]). In the 2017 guidelines, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) may be reasonable in patients with severe allograft vasculopathy with left ventricular dysfunction post-HT

Details

ISSN :
2405500X
Volume :
6
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....63d3eddd2ad6438cc39d5b85e42d2914