概述
This document presents an update of the 2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias (VA) and the prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD). New insights into the epidemiology of SCD, new evidence on genetics, imaging, and clinical findings for risk stratification for VA and SCD, and advances in diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic strategies made this revision necessary. The committee was composed of 25 members including 23 expert physicians, one methodologist, and one patient representative. Experts were selected to cover all areas of VA and SCD as well as subspecialties of cardiology with the assistance of related ESC working groups.
