This review highlights the diagnosis of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in ICD patients and evaluates available algorithms to improve arrhythmia discrimination and prevent inappropriate shocks.
This review highlights the importance of diagnostic algorithms in ICDs to discriminate AVNRT and prevent inappropriate therapies.
Inappropriate therapies are frequent in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and are associated with adverse outcomes, including increased mortality. Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) is the most common reentrant supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and a cause of inappropriate therapies in these patients. In the present article we review the problem of AVNRT in ICD patients with a focus on diagnosis and the available algorithms to improve arrhythmia discrimination and prevent inappropriate shocks.
Enríquez et al. (Fri,) conducted a review in Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. Arrhythmia discrimination algorithms was evaluated. This review highlights the diagnosis of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in ICD patients and evaluates available algorithms to improve arrhythmia discrimination and prevent inappropriate shocks.