Mechanism of Spontaneous Initiation of Ventricular Fibrillation in Patients with Implantable Defibrillators
ConclusionSome spontaneous VF events in ICD recipients appear to be initiated by a train of multiple PVC or nonsustained VT rather than a single PVC. This finding indicates that patterns of a single PVC are not an important determinant of VF initiation and thus accounts for conflicting results in previous studies.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Eric Xie,
Katarina Mayer,
Melissa F. Capps,
Andreas Barth,
Charles J. Love,
Ruben Coronel,
Hiroshi Ashikaga Tags: ORIGINAL ‐ ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY Source Type: research