作者: S. Saksena
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-76575-9_20
关键词: Intensive care medicine 、 Clinical evidence 、 Pharmacotherapy 、 Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator 、 Cardiac mortality 、 Ventricular fibrillation 、 Medicine 、 Arrhythmic death 、 Ventricular tachycardia 、 Epicardial lead
摘要: Rapid technologic advances are accelerating the widespread implementation of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy for patients with life-threatening ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation. Multiprogrammable ICD pulse generator and nonthoracotomy lead systems can drive process catapulting this therapeutic modality from a last resort investigative option to first-line choice [1–3]. Clinical evidence continues mount in favor superior efficacy devices prevention sudden arrhythmic death as compared empiric directed antiarrhythmic drug [4–6]. Controversy, however, exists on overall impact such total cardiac mortality patients.