2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: The Task Force for the Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Endorsed by: Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC)

Eur Heart J. 2015 Nov 1;36(41):2793-2867. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv316. Epub 2015 Aug 29.
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Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Cardiomyopathy; Congenital heart disease; Defibrillator; Guidelines; Heart failure; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Myocardial infarction; Resuscitation; Stable coronary artery disease; Sudden cardiac death; Tachycardia; Valvular heart disease; Ventricular arrhythmia.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aged
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / genetics
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / therapy*
  • Autopsy / methods
  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy / methods
  • Cardiomyopathies / complications
  • Cardiomyopathies / therapy
  • Cardiotonic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Catheter Ablation / methods
  • Child
  • Coronary Artery Disease / complications
  • Coronary Artery Disease / therapy
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control*
  • Defibrillators
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Emergency Treatment / methods
  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / complications
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / therapy
  • Heart Transplantation / methods
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications
  • Heart Valve Diseases / therapy
  • Humans
  • Mental Disorders / complications
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy
  • Myocarditis / complications
  • Myocarditis / therapy
  • Nervous System Diseases / complications
  • Nervous System Diseases / therapy
  • Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / therapy
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / therapy
  • Primary Prevention / methods
  • Quality of Life
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / complications
  • Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / therapy
  • Sports / physiology
  • Stroke Volume / physiology
  • Terminal Care / methods
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / therapy

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Cardiotonic Agents