Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation: is it a case for genetic testing?

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Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF) is a diagnosis of exclusion in sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) survivors. Although there are clear guidelines on the clinical work-up of SCA survivors, less than one in five patients receives a complete work-up. This increases the chances of erroneously labelling these patients as having IVF, while 10-20% of them have an inherited cardiac condition (ICC). Diagnoses of ICC...

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