The occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) in ischemic heart disease (IHD) patients is related to the presence and extent of fibrotic/scar tissue. As coronary atherosclerosis is the underlying cause of myocardial ischemia and fibrosis, in IHD patients implanted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) we investigated the relation between the VA burden and the complexity of coronary atherosclerotic lesions.
Appropriate ICD Interventions for Ventricular Arrhythmias Are Predicted by Higher Syntax Scores I and II in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease / Strisciuglio, Teresa; Ammirati, Giuseppe; Pergola, Valerio; Addeo, Lucio; Losi, Maria Angela; Viggiano, Aniello; Imparato, Livio; Russo, Vincenzo; Melillo, Enrico; Nigro, Gerardo; Stabile, Giuseppe; D'Onofrio, Antonio; Esposito, Giovanni; Rapacciuolo, Antonio. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 2077-0383. - 10:9(2021), p. 1843. [10.3390/jcm10091843]
Appropriate ICD Interventions for Ventricular Arrhythmias Are Predicted by Higher Syntax Scores I and II in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease
Strisciuglio, Teresa;Ammirati, Giuseppe;Pergola, Valerio;Addeo, Lucio;Losi, Maria Angela;Imparato, Livio;Esposito, Giovanni;Rapacciuolo, Antonio
2021
Abstract
The occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) in ischemic heart disease (IHD) patients is related to the presence and extent of fibrotic/scar tissue. As coronary atherosclerosis is the underlying cause of myocardial ischemia and fibrosis, in IHD patients implanted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) we investigated the relation between the VA burden and the complexity of coronary atherosclerotic lesions.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
