Efficacy and safety of implantable cardioverter defibrillator avoiding routine defibrillation threshold testing / 中南大学学报(医学版)
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
; (12): 1132-1135, 2009.
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OBJECTIVE@#To evaluate the efficacy and safety of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillators (CRT-D) avoiding defibrillation threshold (DFT) testing when treating ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF).@*METHODS@#We analyzed a continuous database of the 21 patients who had avoided DFT during ICD implantation from Oct. 1999 to Aug. 2008. Follow-up data were completed and analyzed in the 21 patients with ICD implantation.@*RESULTS@#ICDs were implanted successfully in 17 patients with VT or VF, and CRT-D were implanted successfully in 4 myocardiopathy patients with severe heart failure who avoided DFT during ICD or CRT-D implantation. Eight patients accepted DFT 1 week later, VT or VF was not induced in 3 patients (37.5%). During the mean follow-up of 1 approximately 7 (4.2+/-1.9) years, malignant ventricular arrythmia was recorded in 16 patients. Among them, 89 episodes were successfully terminated by defbrillation (100%), 120 VT events were terminated by the first run of antitachycardia pacing (51.1%) and 22 by low energy cardioversion (59.2%). All patients took antiarrhycardia drugs after ICD or CRT-D implantation. No patient died from malignant ventricular arrythmia during the follow-up.@*CONCLUSION@#No application of routine DFT may avoid complications associated with DFT during ICD or CRT-D implantation. ICD or CRT-D implantation may effectively treat fatal ventricular tachyarrhythmias and prevent sudden cardiac death.
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Arritmias Cardíacas
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Estándares de Referencia
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Umbral Sensorial
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Terapéutica
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Fibrilación Ventricular
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Cardioversión Eléctrica
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Estudios de Seguimiento
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Desfibriladores Implantables
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Procedimientos Innecesarios
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Seguridad de Equipos
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Zh
Revista:
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
Año:
2009
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Article