Cardiac resynchronization therapy and electrical storm: results of the OBSERVational registry on long-term outcome of ICD patients (OBSERVO-ICD)
- Guerra, Federico
- Palmisano, Pietro
- Dell'Era, Gabriele
- Ziacchi, Matteo
- Ammendola, Ernesto
- Pongetti, Giulia
- Bonelli, Paolo
- Patani, Francesca
- Devecchi, Chiara
- Accogli, Michele
- Occhetta, Eraldo
- Nigro, Gerardo
- Biffi, Mauro
- BORIANI, Giuseppe
- Capucci, Alessandro
Publication date
January 2018
DOI Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP) ISSN
1099-5129 Citation count (estimate)
1Abstract
Electrical storm (ES) is a condition defined as three or more episodes of ventricular fibrillation (VF) or ventricular tachycardia (VT) within 24 h, and usually coexist with advanced heart failure in patients with structural heart disease. The aim of the present study is to test whether cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) can be associated with a lower incidence of ES
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