Amiodarone or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in chagas cardiomyopathy: the CHAGASICS randomized clinical trial
JAMA cardiol. (Online); (), 2024
IMPORTANCE: Over 10 000 people with Chagas disease experience sudden cardiac death (SCD) annually, mostly caused by ventricular fibrillation. Amiodarone hydrochloride and the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) have been empirically used to prevent SCD in patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopa...