Implantable cardioverter–defibrillators

JP DiMarco - New England Journal of Medicine, 2003 - Mass Medical Soc
Most people do not survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and those who do may have
substantial long-term cognitive and motor impairment. ICDs may avert such events. This …

The implantable cardioverter defibrillator

M Glikson, PA Friedman - The Lancet, 2001 - thelancet.com
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have evolved from the treatment of last resort to
the gold standard therapy for patients at high risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias. High-risk …

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 …

The entirely subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: initial clinical experience in a large Dutch cohort

LRA Olde Nordkamp, L Dabiri Abkenari… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the entirely
subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD). Background: A new entirely S …

[HTML][HTML] Rationale and design of the PRAETORIAN trial: a Prospective, RAndomizEd comparison of subcuTaneOus and tRansvenous ImplANtable cardioverter …

LRAO Nordkamp, RE Knops, GH Bardy, Y Blaauw… - American heart …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are widely used to prevent
fatal outcomes associated with life-threatening arrhythmic episodes in a variety of cardiac …

A randomized study to compare ramp versus burst antitachycardia pacing therapies to treat fast ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter …

MM Gulizia, L Piraino, M Scherillo… - Circulation …, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—In patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), antitachycardia
pacing (ATP) is highly effective in terminating fast ventricular tachycardias (FVTs) and lowers …

Antitachycardia pacing for ventricular tachycardia using implantable cardioverter defibrillators:.

MO Sweeney - Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology, 2004 - search.ebscohost.com
Focuses on the antitachycardia pacing for ventricular tachycardia. Use of implantable
cardioverter defibrillators on ventricular tachycardia; Pathophysiological basis for sustained …

[HTML][HTML] The significance of shocks in implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients

A Li, A Kaura, N Sunderland, PS Dhillon… - Arrhythmia & …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Large-scale implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) trials have unequivocally shown a
reduction in mortality in appropriately selected patients with heart failure and depressed left …

Randomized, prospective comparison of four burst pacing algorithms for spontaneous ventricular tachycardia

R Peinado, J Almendral, T Rius, A Moya… - American Journal of …, 1998 - ajconline.org
Several studies have analyzed the efficacy of a variety of antitachycardia pacing (ATP)
modalities in induced and spontaneous monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (MVT). 1–18 …

Spontaneous ventricular tachycardia treated by antitachycardia pacing

N Nasir, A Pacifico, TK Doyle, NR Earle… - American Journal of …, 1997 - ajconline.org
Antitachycardia pacing for the termination of ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a standard
feature of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). New generation tiered-therapy …