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Konemann, H.; Frommeyer, G.; Zeppenfeld, K.; Eckardt, L. (2022)

Die neue ESC-Leitlinie zum Management ventrikulärer Tachyarrhythmien: Was ist für die Praxis relevant?

Article / Letter to editor
The recently published guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) on the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death is an update of the 2015 guideline. For the first time a new section is dedicated to public basic life support. In the acute treatment of ventricular arrhythmias electrical cardioversion is upgraded, and there is a new focus on the management of electrical storm. Recommendations for the comprehensive diagnostic evaluation of patients with first manifestations of ventricular arrhythmias structured according to common clinical scenarios are also new. Both genetic testing and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging are upgraded, not only for diagnostic evaluation but also for risk stratification. In the long-term management, recommendations for pharmacotherapy are aligned with current heart failure guidelines. Catheter ablation has gained relevance not only for recurrent ventricular tachycardia under amiodarone...Show moreThe recently published guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) on the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death is an update of the 2015 guideline. For the first time a new section is dedicated to public basic life support. In the acute treatment of ventricular arrhythmias electrical cardioversion is upgraded, and there is a new focus on the management of electrical storm. Recommendations for the comprehensive diagnostic evaluation of patients with first manifestations of ventricular arrhythmias structured according to common clinical scenarios are also new. Both genetic testing and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging are upgraded, not only for diagnostic evaluation but also for risk stratification. In the long-term management, recommendations for pharmacotherapy are aligned with current heart failure guidelines. Catheter ablation has gained relevance not only for recurrent ventricular tachycardia under amiodarone treatment and as an alternative to implantable cardioverter defibrillation (ICD) implantation in selected patients with coronary artery disease but also particularly in the treatment of idiopathic ventricular extrasystoles and tachycardia. The ICD treatment remains an essential component of primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death. Of note, the recommendation on primary preventive ICD treatment for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <= 35% has been downgraded. In addition to LVEF a combination of risk factors and risk calculators is included in the recommendations on primary prophylactic ICD implantation. Overall, due to numerous tables and practical algorithms, the guidelines have become a user-oriented reference book.Show less
Sudden cardiac death
Ventricular arrhythmias
Ventricular tachycardia
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators
Catheter ablation
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Konemann, H.; Frommeyer, G.; Zeppenfeld, K.; Eckardt, L.
Date
2022-11-28
Journal
Herz: Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume
48
Pages
3 - 14
DOI
doi:10.1007/s00059-022-05148-0