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Determinants of Pace‐Terminable Ventricular Tachycardia: Implications for Implantable Antitachycardia Devices
Author(s) -
IP JOHN H.,
WINTERS STEPHEN L.,
SCHWEITZER PAUL,
LOTVIN ALAN,
TEPPER DAVID,
GOMES ANTHONY J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1991.tb02765.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , tachycardia , pace , geodesy , geography
The next generation of implantable antitachycardia devices incorporate anti‐tachycardia pacing for the treatment of ventricular tachycardia. To evaluate the potential determinants of pace terminability, we analyzed 62 episodes of induced monomorphic ventricular tachycardia. We found that the tachycardia cycle length and cycle length variability are the major determinants of pace terminability. These findings should be considered in the designing of ventricular tachycardia detection and termination algorithms.