[Primary electrical heart disease in adulthood--electrophysiological findings and therapy]. / Primär elektrische Herzerkrankungen im Erwachsenenalter--Elektrophysiologische Befunde und Therapie.
Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol
; 16(4): 250-9, 2005 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
Sudden cardiac death accounts for 100,000 victims in Germany per year. Predominantly, patients with structural heart disease such as coronary artery disease or dilated cardiomyopathy are affected. However, approximately 5-10% of sudden deaths hit patients without structural disease of the heart. The proportion of young patients (< 40 years of age) in this group is even higher (10-20%). In younger patients significantly more diseases like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia and primary electrical diseases of the heart could be observed such as long QT syndrome, short QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome and catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. The primary electrical diseases are different concerning their electrocardiographical pattern, clinical triggers of arrhythmias, results of invasive diagnostics and therapy. Meanwhile, molecular genetic screening can reveal specific mutations of ion channels and can identify consecutive functional defects. The significance of programmed ventricular stimulation is at present unclear concerning risk stratification in patients with Brugada syndrome and short QT syndrome and of no significance in long QT syndrome and catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardias. The implantable cardioverter defibrillator is the therapy of choice in most symptomatic patients. With increasing knowledge as a result of sophisticated molecular genetic screening, identification of underlying ion channel defects and new details of the mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis, a potential genotype-guided therapy will gain more importance in the future.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Arritmias Cardíacas
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Cardioversão Elétrica
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Eletrocardiografia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
De
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article