Predictors of Appropriate Therapies and Death in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator and Chronic Chagas Heart Disease.

Francisca Tatiana Pereira GondimEduardo Arrais RochaDavi Sales Pereira GondimRosa Livia Freitas de AlmeidaRoberto da Justa Pires Neto

Published in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2024)

ICDs in CCHD showed a high incidence of appropriate activation, especially in patients with secondary prevention, low left ventricular ejection fraction, and intermediate Rassi score. Patients with congestive heart failure, elevated functional class, and age over 75 years showed elevated mortality. Survival function of patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and chronic Chagas heart disease. A - According to New York Heart Association functional class; B - According to left ventricular ejection fraction; C - According to Rassi score. D - According to age. CCHD: chronic Chagas heart disease; HR: hazard ratio; ICD: implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

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