Significance of Clinical Ventricular Tachycardias Induced by Antitachycardia Pacing in Patients with Prior Myocardial Infarction

In patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD), ventricular tachycardia (VT) can occur spontaneously or as a result of antitachycardia pacing (ATP) that changes, rather than terminates, a spontaneous VT to a different VT. The relevance of ATP-induced VTs is uncertain.

Source: Heart Rhythm - October 23, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ghaith Sharaf-Dabbagh, Konstantinos C. Siontis, Rakesh Latchamsetty, Krit Jongnarangsin, Miki Yokokawa, Sangeeta Lathkar-Pradhan, Fred Morady, Frank Bogun Source Type: research