Differences in effects of electrical therapy for ventricular arrhythmias on mortality in ICD patients

MO Sweeney, MS Wathen, L Sherfesee, P DeGroot… - 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Shocks have been associated with increased mortality in some ICD patients. We tested this
hypothesis and whether antitachycardia pacing (ATP) affected mortality risk. Predictors of …

Clinical relevance of slow ventricular tachycardia in heart failure patients with primary prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator indication

U Lüsebrink, D Duncker, M Hess, I Heinrichs… - Europace, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Aims Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have shown to reduce all-cause
mortality in heart failure patients. In SCD-HeFT study, ICDs were programmed with a …

Pacing for patients with congestive heart failure and dilated cardiomyopathy

RW Peters, MR Gold - Cardiology clinics, 2000 - Elsevier
With the development of interventions that improve survival in selected patients with left
ventricular dysfunction (eg, the implantable cardioverter defibrillator in patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of health care utilization in patients receiving implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapies: An analysis of the managed ventricular pacing …

J Rickard, D Whellen, L Sherfesee, BJ Peterson… - Heart Rhythm, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are effective in terminating lethal
arrhythmias, but little is known about the degree of health care utilization (HCU) after ICD …

Characteristics of ventricular tachyarrhythmias occurring in ischemic versus nonischemic patients implanted with a biventricular cardioverter-defibrillator for primary or …

G Boriani, M Gasparini, M Lunati, M Santini… - American heart …, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The InSync ICD Registry evaluated patients indicated for cardiac
resynchronization therapy with defibrillation. BACKGROUND: Cardiac resynchronization …

Shock reduction using antitachycardia pacing for spontaneous rapid ventricular tachycardia in patients with coronary artery disease

MS Wathen, MO Sweeney, PJ DeGroot, AJ Stark… - Circulation, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) can terminate some ventricular
tachycardias (VTs) painlessly with antitachycardia pacing (ATP). ATP has not routinely been …

Prospective randomized multicenter trial of empirical antitachycardia pacing versus shocks for spontaneous rapid ventricular tachycardia in patients with implantable …

MS Wathen, PJ DeGroot, MO Sweeney, AJ Stark… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Successful antitachycardia pacing (ATP) terminates ventricular tachycardia
(VT) up to 250 bpm without the need for painful shocks in implantable cardioverter …

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsic antitachycardia pacing for patients with multiple ventricular tachycardias

K Okubo, E Nakashima, K Takagi, N Kawaguchi… - HeartRhythm Case …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antitachycardia pacing (ATP) offers a safe and painless termination of ventricular
tachycardia (VT) in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). 1 However, it …

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy and the need for concomitant antiarrhythmic drugs

S Singh, MM Murawski - Journal of cardiovascular …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are increasingly used for the prevention of
sudden cardiac death in patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias (VAs); …

Dual-Chamber Pacing or Ventricular Backup Pacing in Patients With an Implantable Defibrillator

DD Trial - JAMA, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
ContextImplantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy with backup ventricular pacing
increases survival in patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. Most currently …