Pocket Guidelines on Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death

Publication Date: 2022
Chairpersons: Katja Zeppenfeld and Jacob Tfelt-Hansen 

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Structure of the pocket guidelines and how to use it

3. Public awareness and intervention

4. Diagnostic evaluation

4.1. Diagnostic evaluation at first presentation with VA

• Scenario 1: patients presenting with an incidental finding of NSVT
• Scenario 2: patients presenting with a first SMVT episode
• Sudden cardiac arrest survivors
• Scenario 3: evaluation of SCA survivors
• Sudden cardiac death victims and relatives of SADS decedents
• Scenario 4: Evaluation of SD victims.
• Scenario 5: Evaluation of relatives of SADS decedents

4.2. Genetic testing

5. Acute management of VA

6. Long-term management – drug treatment. General aspects

7. Long-term management – device treatment. General aspects

8. Diagnostic evaluation, management, and risk stratification according to clinical presentation and known (likely) disease

8.1. Coronary artery disease and coronary anomalies

8.2. Idiopathic PVC/VT and PVC induced/aggravated cardiomyopathy

8.3. Cardiomyopathies

8.4. Neuromuscular diseases

8.5. Inflammatory cardiac diseases

8.6. Valvular heart disease

8.7. Congenital heart disease

8.8. Primary electrical disease

Idiopathic VF

Long QT syndrome

Andersen-Tawil syndrome type 1

Brugada syndrome

Early repolarization syndrome

Cathecolaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

Short QT syndrome

9. Selected populations