Why the study?
Does continued cigarette smoking increase the risk of appropriate and inappropriate ICD therapies in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction and an ICD?
Does continued cigarette smoking increase the risk of appropriate and inappropriate ICD therapies in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction and an ICD?
Continued smoking in patients with ischemic LV dysfunction and an ICD is associated with a significantly increased risk of life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias and inappropriate shocks.
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Supports smoking cessation counseling in ICD patients; extends observational data on arrhythmogenicity but leaves causal effects open.
Goldenberg et al. (2006) studied this question.
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