Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy is clearly an effective therapy for selected
patients in definable populations. The benefits and risks of ICD therapy are directly impacted …

Life-saving shocks are the raisons d'être of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs).
Paradoxically, shocks also cause much of the morbidity associated with ICDs. Consistently …

Advances in the field of defibrillation have brought to practice different types of devices that
include the transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) with or without cardiac …

Background Almost 30 years after the first human implants, ICD therapy has become the
treatment of choice in patients at risk of developing malignant ventricular arrhythmias. 1, 2 …

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) reduce sudden cardiac death risk and improve
survival in patients with a history of life-threatening arrhythmia or cardiac arrest (secondary …

Aims Anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) is a reliable electrotherapy to painlessly terminate
ventricular tachycardia (VT). However, ATP is often ineffective, particularly for fast VTs. The …

Aims Little is known about the optimal number of antitachycardia pacing (ATP) attempts to
programme in the fast ventricular tachycardia (FVT) zone. We sought to analyse the long …

Combining Shock Reduction Strategies to Enhance ICD Therapy. Objectives: To develop a
computer model to test shock reduction strategies such as antitachycardia pacing and shock …

Background Anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) and shock delivery may induce or accelerate
tachyarrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). We …

Multiple Bursts for Fast Ventricular Tachycardia Introduction An empirical sequence of burst
antitachycardia pacing (ATP) is effective in terminating fast ventricular tachycardias (FVT) in …