: A qualitative study of psychological sequelae to the implantable cardioverter defibrillator as a treatment for the prevention of sudden cardiac death in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Objectives Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy caused by a TMEM43 p.S358L mutation is a fully penetrant autosomal dominant cause of sudden cardiac death where prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy significantly reduces mortality by returning lethal cardiac rhythms t...

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Main Authors: Holly Etchegary, Daryl Pullman, Sean P Connors, Charlene Simmonds, Terry-Lynn Young, Kathy A Hodgkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-03-01
Series:JRSM Cardiovascular Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2048004017698614