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Would you consider an ICD for secondary prevention in an otherwise previously healthy adult found to have severe LV systolic dysfunction admitted s/p VF/VT arrest due to profound hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia, or defer implantation given resolution of arrhythmias after correcting electrolyte abnormalities?

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Cardiology · Lankenau Heart Group

I would need to have much more information. For example, does this person have CAD and/or a definable etiology for the cardiomyopathy? Does he/she/they have a family history or genetic profile that might influence the decision. Importantly, I would not dismiss a secondary ICD in this person based on...

Would you consider an ICD for secondary prevention in an otherwise previously healthy adult found to have severe LV systolic dysfunction admitted s/p VF/VT arrest due to profound hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia, or defer implantation given resolution of arrhythmias after correcting electrolyte abnormalities? | Mednet