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- Title
Efficacy and safety of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in patients with Chagas disease.
- Authors
Barbosa, Marco Paulo Tomaz; da Costa Rocha, Manoel Otávio; de Oliveira, Alexandre Barbosa; Lombardi, Federico; Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz Pinho
- Abstract
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are now a first-line option for prevention of sudden death in Chagas disease (ChD). However, efficacy and safety of ICD treatment in ChD remains controversial. The aim of our study was to compare clinical outcome after ICD implantation in ChD and non-ChD patients.
- Publication
Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology, 2013, Vol 15, Issue 7, p957
- ISSN
1532-2092
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/europace/eut011