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Effect of cardiac resynchronisation therapy on occurrence of ventricular arrhythmia in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators undergoing upgrade to cardiac resynchronisation therapy devices
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- Published on: 23 November 2015
- Published on: 23 November 2015CRT Upgrade and Occurrence of Ventricular ArrhythmiaShow More
Dear Editor,
Lin et al. report an observational study in 52 patients investigating whether upgrading an ICD, implanted predominantly for secondary prevention to CRT-D, can reduce arrhythmias.[1] They failed to detect an effect of CRT on arrhythmias during a mean follow up of 14 months. The CARE-HF extension study suggested that reduction in sudden death with CRT might be a late phenomenon occurring only after one...
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