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- Title
Role of implantable intracardiac defibrillators in patients with cardiac immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis.
- Authors
Rezk, Tamer; Whelan, Carol J.; Lachmann, Helen J.; Fontana, Marianna; Sachchithanantham, Sajitha; Mahmood, Shameem; Khan, Fakhar; Khiani, Raj; Tomson, Joseph; Youngstein, Taryn; Gillmore, Julian D.; Hawkins, Philip N.; Wechalekar, Ashutosh D.
- Abstract
The article reports on implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation in a cohort of 15 patients with cardiac systemic light chain (AL) amyloidosis managed by a uniform supportive care, treatment and comprehensive assessment pathway. Topics covered include approach to ICD implantation in cardiac AL amyloidosis, clinical characteristics of patients, and survival analysis.
- Subjects
IMPLANTABLE cardioverter-defibrillators; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; IMPLANTED cardiovascular instruments; PATIENTS
- Publication
British Journal of Haematology, 2018, Vol 182, Issue 1, p145
- ISSN
0007-1048
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/bjh.14747