Is programmed electrical stimulation mandatory for recognition of ventricular arrhythmogenicity in heart failure?

Programmed electrical stimulation of the heart in patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias: what is the significance of induced arrhythmias and what is the correct stimulation protocol?

FEATURES Programmed electrical stimulation of the heart in patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias: What is the significance of induced arrhythmias and what is the correct stimulation protocol? FOLLOWING ITS INTRODUCTION into the practice of cardiology in 1972,1 programmed electrical stimulation (PES) of the heart has developed from a technique used for diagnostic purposes into o...

Electrical stimulation of the heart in patients with ventricular tachycardia.

SUMMARY The initiation and termination of tachyeardias were studied in five patients who suffered from recurrent attacks of ventricular tachycardia. In four, coronary artery disease with old myocardial infarction was present. A ventricular tachycardia could be initiated in all patients by a single right ventricular premature beat given during regular driving of the right ventricle. The tachycar...

Failure of ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring to predict results of programmed electrical stimulation. Studies in patients with clinical ventricular tachyarrhythmias.

To test for an association between the results of ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring (AEM) and programmed electrical stimulation (PES), or whether other factors better predict the results of PES, 57 patients (36 male and 21 female patients) presenting with either ventricular fibrillation (49 percent; 28/57) or sustained ventricular tachycardia (51 percent; 29/57) were studied. Each pati...

Programmed ventricular stimulation: not dead.

Programmed electrical stimulation in patients with high-grade ventricular ectopy: electrophysiologic findings and prognosis for survival.

The significance and treatment of ventricular premature beats (VPBs) in patients without sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT), sudden death, or syncope remains unclear. We undertook a prospective study of programmed electrical stimulation (up to two extrastimuli and burst pacing) in 73 patients (age 60 +/- 10 years) with high-grade VPBs who had no evidence of sustained VT, sudden death, or sy...