[The principles of treatment of ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death].
The treatment of ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death should be focused on the optimal therapy of primary cardiac disease. Antiarrhythmic drugs and non-pharmacological therapies (radiofrequency ablation, surgery, cardiac pacing, cardioversion and defibrillation) play also an important role. Despite the recognition that the goal should be to prevent the arrhythmia, implanted cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) became the major form of therapy used.
Lelakowski
Jacek
J
Kliniki Elektrokardiologii Instytutu Kardiologii Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Jana Pawła II w Krakowie. jlelakow@szpitaljp2.krakow.pl
Majewski
Jacek
J
Bednarek
Jacek
J
Małecka
Barbara
B
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents