Early Ventricular Arrhythmias After LVAD

Ventricular arrhythmias after left ventricular assist device.

Electrocardiographic changes after cardioversion of ventricular arrhythmias.

To evaluate rhythm and QRS-T changes after cardioversion of induced ventricular arrhythmias, 56 patients underwent continuous three-lead and serial 12-lead electrocardiographic monitoring for 15 min after 77 cardioversions. Fifty patients were cardioverted externally and nine internally with an implanted automatic cardioverter/defibrillator. Initial energy for external cardioversion was 200 Wse...

Left ventricular remodeling and ventricular arrhythmias after myocardial infarction.

BACKGROUND The relation between left ventricular (LV) remodeling and ventricular arrhythmias after myocardial infarction is poorly documented. We investigated the relations between LV size, hypertrophy, and function and ventricular arrhythmias in 263 patients from the Survival and Ventricular Enlargement (SAVE) study, using quantitative 2D echocardiography and ambulatory ECG monitoring after my...

Ventricular arrhythmias after left ventricular assist device implantation.

BACKGROUND Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have been used as a bridge to cardiac transplantation and as destination therapy in patients with advanced heart failure. The period after LVAD support is associated with ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) despite ventricular unloading and such VAs can have a detrimental effect on survival. Despite the increasing use of LVAD, little is known regardi...

Ventricular Arrhythmias.

Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is the most common form of wide complex tachycardia and is associated with a high mortality rate. Electrocardiographic analysis remains paramount in diagnosis and helps to direct therapy. Antiarrhythmic agents, although effective in reducing arrhythmia burden, have never demonstrated a mortality benefit. The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator aids not only in th...