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Therapeutic management in Sicilian patients with definite arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy and focus on the role of implanta…
2014
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventrticular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy(ARVD/C) is an inherited cardiomyopathy characterized by right ven-tricularmyocytelosswithfibrofattyreplacement,ahighriskofventric-ular arrhythmias (VA) and sudden cardiac death (SCD) [1]. Preventionof SCD represents the most important management strategy and theachievement of this target can be reached by different therapeuticstrategies including implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)implantation, pharmacologic therapy, catheter ablation of ventriculartachycardia (VT) and cardiac transplantation [2,3]. The aim of thisstudy is to examine the outcome of the different therapies adopted ina group of affected patients, focusing on th…