What does this research mean for the field?

Patients with Chagas' disease have similar clinical characteristics leading to implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation and similar long-term ICD performance and follow-up outcomes compared to patients with coronary artery disease. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

January 1, 1997Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Patients with Chagas' Disease: Are They Different from Patients with Coronary Disease?

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Does transvenous ICD implantation perform differently in patients with Chagas' disease compared to patients with coronary artery disease?

Population

28 patients undergoing transvenous ICD implantation for ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation…

Comparison

Transvenous implantable cardioverter… vs Transvenous implantable cardioverter…

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CMClaudio MuratoreCentro Médico ABC RRRafael RabinovichSanta Ana College RIRicardo IglesiasViocare (United States)

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Implication

Comparable ICD thresholds and ATP efficacy in Chagas versus CAD; supports similar performance but leaves open prospective validation.

Structured PICO

Does transvenous ICD implantation perform differently in patients with Chagas' disease compared to patients with coronary artery disease?

Population

28 patients undergoing transvenous ICD implantation for ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF), or aborted cardiac arrest, comprising 10 patients with Chagas' disease and 18 patients with coronary artery disease.

Intervention

Transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in patients with Chagas' disease

Comparator

Transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in patients with coronary artery disease

Outcome

ICD implant and long-term follow-up variables including pacing threshold, defibrillation threshold, number of VT episodes, spontaneous VT terminations, efficacy of antitachycardia pacing, and total number of shockssurrogate

Patients with Chagas' disease have similar clinical characteristics and long-term ICD performance outcomes compared to patients with coronary artery disease.

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Muratore et al. (1997) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1ccc69732133fe9885e635 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb04841.x

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Ventricular arrhythmias Cardiac device therapy

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Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Patients with Chagas' Disease: Are They Different from Patients with Coronary Disease?

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Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Patients with Chagas' Disease: Are They Different from Patients with Coronary Disease?

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