Antitachycardia pacing for ventricular tachycardia using implantable cardioverter defibrillators:.

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Shock Despite Termination of Ventricular Tachycardia by Antitachycardia Pacing During Charging

Antitachycardia pacing to terminate ventricular tachyarrhythmia: new insights into how to reduce painful implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks.

This editorial refers to ‘Safety and efficacy of programming a high number of antitachycardia pacing attempts for fast ventricular tachycardia: a prospective study’ by R.P. Martins et al., on page 1457 and ‘First inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy is often due to inaccurate device programming: analysis of the French OPERA registry’ by A. Leenhardt et al., on page 1465

Reducing cardioverter-defibrillator shock administration by antitachycardia pacing during device charging.

Programming of antitachycardia pacing in implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) has reduced inappropriate device shocks to terminate ventricular arrhythmia. This implies reductions in distress and pain for the patient and prolongs the useful life of the device. Arrhythmia detection and treatment with ICDs can be programmed according to the arrhythmia ventricular rate, discriminating bet...

Temporal Trends and Temperature-Related Incidence of Electrical Storm

Electrical storm (ES) is usually defined as the occurrence of ≥3 episodes of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) within 24 hours requiring either antitachycardia pacing or cardioversion/defibrillation. ES represents a true medical emergency that requires a multidisciplinary approach, and its prevalence is steadily rising along with the number of patients bear...

The Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator: Not For All

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have a proven role in primary and secondary prevention of sudden death from ventricular arrhythmias. Transvenous ICD systems despite this proven benefit, have been plagued by lead problems including fracture, insulation breaks and recalls; and issues with transvenous access including pneumothorax and venous obstruction. Infected or fractured leads ...