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'''Treatment'''<cite>sumitomo</cite> | '''Treatment'''<cite>sumitomo</cite> | ||
* Beta-blockers | * Beta-blockers | ||
* [[ | * [[ICD|ICD (Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator)]] implantation combined with beta-blockers in CPVT patients who survived a cardiac arrest or patients with syncope and/or documented sustained [[Ventricular Tachycardia|ventricular tachycardia]] despite beta-blocker therapy.<cite>ACC2006</cite> | ||
* Surgical left cardiac sympathetic denervation in selected patients whose symptoms and/or ventricular arrhythmias are not controlled by pharmacologic therapy <cite>Wilde</cite><cite>Collura</cite> | * Surgical left cardiac sympathetic denervation in selected patients whose symptoms and/or ventricular arrhythmias are not controlled by pharmacologic therapy <cite>Wilde</cite><cite>Collura</cite> | ||
* Avoid competitive and other strenuous exercise | * Avoid competitive and other strenuous exercise | ||
===References=== | ===References=== | ||
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#sumitomo pmid=12482795 | #sumitomo pmid=12482795 | ||
#Wilde pmid=18463378 | #Wilde pmid=18463378 | ||
#Collura pmid= | #Collura pmid=19467503 | ||
</biblio> | </biblio> |