Identification of patients at risk of sudden cardiac death in congenital heart disease. The PRospEctiVE study on implaNTable cardIOverter defibrillator therapy and suddeN cardiac death in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: PREVENTION-ACHD

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the main preventable cause of death in adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients. Since robust risk stratification methods are lacking, we developed a risk score to predict SCD in ACHD patients: PREVENTION-ACHD.

Source: Heart Rhythm - January 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jim T. Vehmeijer, Zeliha Koyak, Jan M. Leerink, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, Louise Harris, Rafael Peinado, Erwin N. Oechslin, Dani ëlle Robbers-Visser, Maarten Groenink, S. Matthijs Boekholdt, Robbert J. de Winter, José M. Oliver, Berto J. Bouma, Werner Budts Source Type: research