Specific Management

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation is recommended in the following10:

  1. Survivors of a cardiac arrest and/or
  2. Patients with documented spontaneous sustained ventricular tachycardia.

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Control precipitating factors such as fever and monitor the patient closely. Refer to a cardiologist early for definitive therapy- ICD implantation.

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