Abstract:Background
Truncating variants in FLNC gene are associated with an overlapping phenotype of arrhythmogenic and dilated cardiomyopathy. There are reports of high arrhythmia propensity with sudden cardiac death (SCD) often being the first symptom of the disease. It has been suggested that the current European guidelines primary prevention (PP) recommendation about implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation might not be applicable in these patients and that earlier intervention sh… Show more
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