Addition of minute ventilation to rate-responsive pacing improves heart rate score more than accelerometer alone

Heart rate score (HRSc) ≥70%, a novel parameter, predicts risk of mortality in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and identifies patients who have survival benefit with DDDR vs DDD pacing.

Source: Heart Rhythm - June 13, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Mark Richards, Brian Olshansky, Arjun D. Sharma, Nicholas Wold, Paul Jones, David Perschbacher, Bruce L. Wilkoff Source Type: research