Preventing Sudden Death And The Use Of Prophylactic Implanted Defibrillators

Implanted defibrillators have become mainstream therapy for the prevention of sudden cardiac death from ventricular tachyarrhythmias. A decade of studies has confirmed the superiority of ICDs over antiarrhythmic drug therapy in prolonging the life of patients with a prior history of sustained VT or...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ray, Indranill Basu
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group 2003
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1513518/