Language
English
Publication Date
8-1-2015
Journal
The Texas Heart Institute Journal
DOI
10.14503/THIJ-14-4352
PMID
26413012
PMCID
PMC4567122
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
8-1-2015
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-Print
Abstract
Transposition of the great arteries encompasses a set of structural congenital cardiac lesions that has in common ventriculoarterial discordance. Primarily because of advances in medical and surgical care, an increasing number of children born with this anomaly are surviving into adulthood. Depending upon the subtype of lesion or the particular corrective surgery that the patient might have undergone, this group of adult congenital heart disease patients constitutes a relatively new population with unique medical sequelae. Among the more common and difficult to manage are cardiac arrhythmias and other sequelae that can lead to sudden cardiac death. To date, the question of whether implantable cardioverter-defibrillators should be placed in this cohort as a preventive measure to abort sudden death has largely gone unanswered. Therefore, we review the available literature surrounding this issue.
Keywords
Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Defibrillators, Implantable, Electric Countershock, Humans, Patient Selection, Primary Prevention, Prosthesis Design, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Transposition of Great Vessels, Treatment Outcome
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Sandeep S Sodhi and Ari M Cedars, "Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Adults with Transposition of the Great Arteries: A Review of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement" (2015). The Texas Heart Institute Journal. 256.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/texasheartinstituejournal/256