Invasive electrophysiologic testing: Role in sudden death prediction

Jan Nemec; Win Kuang Shen

doi:10.1007/978-1-84628-854-8_28

Invasive electrophysiologic testing: Role in sudden death prediction

Jan Nemec, Win Kuang Shen

Cardiovascular Diseases

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Abstract

The placement of intracardiac catheters to assess the risk of arrhythmia dates back nearly 40 years. The discovery by Wellens et al. in 1972 that clinical ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients with prior myocardial infarction (MI) could be initiated by programmed ventricular stimulation (PVS) generated real enthusiasm about the technique. In the 1980s, many cardiologists would have labeled PVS the most precise and perhaps the most important tool for risk stratifi cation of patients at risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD). Selection of antiarrhythmic treatment on the basis of suppression of VT inducibility was reasonably believed to represent a scientific approach to management of life-threatening arrhythmias.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Electrical Diseases of the Heart
Subtitle of host publication	Genetics, Mechanisms, Treatment, Prevention
Publisher	Springer London
Pages	409-423
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9781846288531
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-854-8_28
State	Published - Dec 1 2008

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Nemec, J., & Shen, W. K. (2008). Invasive electrophysiologic testing: Role in sudden death prediction. In Electrical Diseases of the Heart: Genetics, Mechanisms, Treatment, Prevention (pp. 409-423). Springer London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-854-8_28

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