Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial of Empirical Antitachycardia Pacing Versus Shocks for Spontaneous Rapid Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators

S. Wathen, Mark; DeGroot, Paul; O. Sweeney, Michael; J. Stark, Alice; F. Otterness, Mary; O. Adkisson, Wayne; C. Canby, Robert; Khalighi, Koroush; Machado, Christian; Rubenstein, D.; J. VOLOSIN, KENT

doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000145610.64014.e4

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Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial of Empirical Antitachycardia Pacing Versus Shocks for Spontaneous Rapid Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators

Published in Circulation • Oct 18, 2004

Authors:

Mark S. Wathen

Paul DeGroot

Michael O. Sweeney

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Successful antitachycardia pacing (ATP) terminates ventricular tachycardia (VT) up to 250 bpm without the need for painful shocks in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) patients. Fast VT (FVT) >200 bpm is often treated by shock because of safety concerns, however. This prospecti...

Subject

Medicine

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

Cardiology

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