Why the study?
Does the combined use of an antitachycardia pacemaker and an AICD safely and effectively treat recurrent ventricular tachycardia without device interference?
Population
5 patients with recurrent ventricular tachycardia (VT)
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
5 +/- 2 months (range, 3 to 8)
Authors
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Supports feasibility of combined ATP-AICD in recurrent VT without interference; hypothesis-generating, should not yet change practice.
Does the combined use of an antitachycardia pacemaker and an AICD safely and effectively treat recurrent ventricular tachycardia without device interference?
Combining an antitachycardia pacemaker with an AICD is feasible and safe, providing successful pacing termination of VT with back-up defibrillation without device interference.
Manz et al. (1986) studied this question.
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