March 1, 1995Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
Ventricular Pacing Induced Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Why the study?
Does appropriately timed noncompetitive ventricular pacing induce ventricular tachycardia in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators?
Population
77 patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
18.7 +/- 11.4 months
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May trigger VT in select post-MI ICD patients; leaves open whether pacing algorithms require modification.
Structured PICO
Does appropriately timed noncompetitive ventricular pacing induce ventricular tachycardia in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators?
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Population
77 patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators
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Intervention
Appropriately timed noncompetitive ventricular pacing (bradycardia pacing)
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Outcome
Occurrence of pacing-induced ventricular tachycardia documented by stored electrogramssafety
Appropriately timed ventricular pacing from an ICD can induce ventricular tachycardia in a small subset of post-infarction patients with a history of monomorphic VT.
Cite This Study
Roelke et al. (1995) studied this question.