Why the study?
Does a dual chamber defibrillator with atrial antitachycardia functions improve termination of spontaneous atrial tachyarrhythmias in patients with life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias?
Population
112 patients with life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias, mean age 64+/-11 years, 88 male. 76 had…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
11+/-9 months (range 1-42)
Authors
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May support atrial antitachycardia functions in dual-chamber ICDs; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation.
Does a dual chamber defibrillator with atrial antitachycardia functions improve termination of spontaneous atrial tachyarrhythmias in patients with life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias?
A dual chamber defibrillator with atrial antitachycardia functions demonstrates high efficacy in terminating spontaneous atrial tachyarrhythmias in patients with ventricular tachyarrhythmias.
Renato Pietro Ricci (2002) studied this question.
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