Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in Brugada syndrome: Long-term follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Brugada syndrome (BrS) is associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD). Although implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation is recommended, the long-term outcomes and follow-up data with regard to ICD complications have led to controversy.

Hypothesis

In the present study, we described the data assimilated in a total of 11 studies, analyzing the outcome in 747 BrS patients receiving ICD.

Methods

Data were performed and analyzed after a systematic review of literature compiled from a thorough database search (PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Cinahl).

Results

The mean age of patients receiving ICD was (43.1 ± 13.4, 82.5% males, 46.6% spontaneous BrS type I). Around 15.3% of the patients were admitted due to SCD and 10.4% suffer

SUBMITTER: El-Battrawy I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6788474 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature