Madalena Coutinho Cruz1, André Viveiros Monteiro1, Guilherme Portugal1, Sérgio Laranjo2, Ana Lousinha1, Bruno Valente1, Paulo Osório1, Pedro Silva Cunha1, Lídia de Sousa1, José Alberto Oliveira1, Ana Agapito1, Mário Martins Oliveira1, Fátima Pinto2, Rui Cruz Ferreira1
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.4, pp. 525-533, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12767
Abstract Objective: Sudden cardiac death is common in the adult congenital heart disease
(ACHD) population. Knowledge and experience about the use of implantable cardio‐
verter defibrillators (ICD) in ACHD patients is very limited. We aimed to characterize
a cohort of patients with ACHD and ICDs.
Design: Thirty consecutive ACHD patients submitted to an ICD implantation in a
single tertiary center were evaluated. Data on baseline clinical features, heart defect,
indication for ICD, type of device, appropriate therapies, ICD‐related complication,
and mortality during follow‐up were collected.
Results: Of the 30 patients, 56.7% received appropriate therapies due to ventricular
tachycardia (VT) or ventricular… More >
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