Open AccessEmpirical Versus Tested Antitachycardia Pacing in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Author(s) -
Anselm Schaumann,
Friederike von zur Mühlen,
B. Herse,
BerndDieter Gonska,
Heinrich Kreuzer
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.97.1.66
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricular fibrillation , cardiology , implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether testing of antitachycardia pacing (ATP) for induced ventricular tachycardias (VTs) at predischarge examination can predict ATP success during follow-up.
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