Comparison of ventricular tachyarrhythmia recurrence between ischemic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) has been established as an effective secondary prevention strategy for ventricular tachycardia (VT)/ventricular fibrillation (VF). However, few reports discuss the difference in clinical predictors for recurrent VT/VF between patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) and patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).

Methods

From May 2004 to December 2015, 132 consecutive patients who had ICM (n = 94) or DCM (n = 38) and had received ICD implantation for secondary prevention were enrolled in this study. All anti-tachycardia events during follow-up were validated. The clinical characteristics and echocardiographic parameters were obtained for comparison. The incidence of recurrence of VT/VF, ca

SUBMITTER: Fang CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6052854 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature