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.

Learning bite

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