Management of sudden cardiac death in cardiac sarcoidosis using the wearable cardioverter defibrillator.

Patients with cardiac sarcoidosis are at increased risk of ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation.We tested the hypothesis that the wearable cardioverter defibrillator can be used to mitigate the risk of sudden cardiac death among cardiac sarcoidosis patients.A retrospective review of the commercial d...

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Main Authors: Dirk Skowasch, Steven Ringquist, Georg Nickenig, René Andrié
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5864098?pdf=render