High Risk of Sustained Ventricular Arrhythmia Recurrence After Acute Myocarditis

High Risk of Sustained Ventricular Arrhythmia Recurrence After Acute Myocarditis

Acute myocarditis is associated with cardiac arrhythmia in 25% of cases; a third of these arrhythmias are ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF). The implantation of a cardiac defibrillator (ICD) following sustained ventricular arrhythmia remains controversial in these patient...

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Main Authors: Laurent Rosier, Amir Zouaghi, Valentin Barré, Raphaël Martins, Vincent Probst, Eloi Marijon, Nicolas Sadoul, Samuel Chauveau, Antoine Da Costa, Marc Badoz, Michael Peyrol, Jérémie Barraud, Grégoire Massoullie, Romain Eschalier, Madeline Espinosa, François Lesaffre, Rodrigue Garcia, Bruno Degand, Antoine Noël, Jacques Mansourati, Fabrice Extramiana, Vincent Algalarrondo, Hervé Devilliers, Yves Cottin, Estelle Gandjbakhch, Charles Guenancia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
myocarditis
ventricular tachycardia
ventricular fibrillation
implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/3/848

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