Cátia Oliveira, Ana Pinho, Luís Santos, Ricardo Alves Pinto, Sílvia Oliveira, Helena Moreira, Miguel Rocha, Pedro Palma, Gonçalo Pestana, Marta Madeira, Ana Lebreiro, Luís Adão
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF) is diagnosed in patients who survive sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), preferably with documented ventricular fibrillation (VF), without any identifiable structural or electrical abnormality. Current evidence provides limited guidance on the diagnosis and follow-up of these patients. Our aim was to assess the clinical outcomes of survivors of an aborted SCA attributed to IVF. METHODS: We retrospectively collected clinical data from all patients who survived SCA and implanted a cardiac defibrillator (ICD) between 2005 and 2023...
April 12, 2024: Portuguese Journal of Cardiology: An Official Journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology