1. Are any of the following present?
Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Chagas disease
Giant cell myocarditis
None of the above
Don't know
2. Is there evidence of any of the following?
Long-QT syndrome and a history of unexplained fainting?
Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) while receiving beta-blockers
Other risk factors for sudden death
None of the above
Don't know
Yes No Don't know
Yes No Don't know
Yes No Don't know
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Please note: if this procedure is approved and is being performed in an inpatient setting contact
the patient's health plan directly to have the inpatient admission approved after the authorization
is issued.
(Cardiac Sarcoidosis: An inflammatory disease that causes granular clumps of cells similar to scar tissue
to proliferate; Chagas Disease: An illness spread by the reduvid bug. Cardiomyopathy is a common sign
of Chagas disease; Giant Cell Myocarditis: A rare cardiovascular disease where giant multi-nucleate cells
form in the heart)
(“Other risk factors” may include family history of sudden death; Long-QT syndrome = A congenital
disorder characterized by a prolongation of the QT interval on ECG and a tendency to ventricular
tachyarrhythmias, which may lead to syncope, cardiac arrest, or sudden death, For Long-QT, time
interval must be> 500 msec OR Long QT 2 or 3; “Fainting” = Syncope. List of common beta blockers:
Betapace (sotalol), Blocadren (timolol), Brevibloc (esomol), Cartrol (carteolol), Coreg (carvedilol),
Corgard (nadolol), Inderal-LA (propranolol), Kerlone (betaxolol), Levatol (penbutolol), Lopressor
(metoprolol), Normodyne (labetalol), Sectral (acebutolol), Tenormin (atenolol), Toprol-XL (metoprolol),
Trandate (labetalol), Visken (pindolol), Zebeta (bisoprolol))
3. Is there Brugada syndrome and a history of unexplained syncope? (Brugada syndrome is a genetic
disorder that can cause ventricular tachyarrhythmias that lead to syncope, cardiac arrest or sudden
cardiac death)
4. Is there HCM, and one risk factor for sudden death? (HCM = Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. HCM is a
disease of the heart muscle where a portion of the heart thickens without any obvious reason. Risk
factors for sudden death include: sudden fainting (unheralded syncope); family history of sudden death;
septal wall thickness of greater than or equal to 30 mm; abnormal Blood Pressure from exercising –i.e.
flat response/failure to augment; rise then fall during exercise.)
5. Is there ARVC and one risk factor for sudden death? (ARVC = Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular
Cardiomyopathy. Risk factors for sudden death include: induction of VT during electrophysiological
testing; detection of non-sustained VT on noninvasive Monitoring; male gender; severe right ventricular
dilation; extensive right ventricular involvement; left ventricular involvement; or Unexplained syncope.)
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