Failed anti-tachycardia pacing can be used to differentiate atrial arrhythmias from ventricular tachycardia in implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
Author(s) -
K. A. Michael,
Andrés Enríquez,
Adrián Baranchuk,
Charlotte Haley,
Jane C. Caldwell,
C.S. Simpson,
Hoshiar Abdollah,
D. Redfearn
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/euu169
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , tachycardia , ventricular tachycardia , atrial tachycardia , atrial fibrillation , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , confidence interval , catheter ablation
Atrial fibrillation/tachycardia (AF/AT) may result in inappropriate therapies in implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). The post-pacing interval (PPI) and tachycardia cycle length difference (PPI - TCL) has been previously demonstrated to indicate the proximity of the pacing site to a tachycardia origin.
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