title: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement in patients with cardiac amyloidosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Brandon C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Varr
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Shirin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zarafshar
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Terra
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Coakley
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liedtke
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lafayette
authors.affiliation: Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Stanley L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Schrier
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California. Electronic address: witteles@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Ronald M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Witteles
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: AL; ATP; ATTR; Cardiac amyloidosis; EMD; ICD; Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; LVEF; N-terminal pro–brain natriuretic peptide; NSVT; NT-proBNP; SCD; Sudden cardiac death; VF; VT; Ventricular tachycardia; antitachycardia pacing; electromechanical dissociation; implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; left ventricular ejection fraction; light-chain amyloidosis; nonsustained ventricular tachycardia; sudden cardiac death; transthyretin amyloidosis; ventricular fibrillation; ventricular tachycardia