Programmed Ventricular Stimulation

Programmed ventricular stimulation: not dead.

Arrhythmic Risk Stratification by Programmed Ventricular Stimulation in Brugada Syndrome

One of the most controversial issues debated by cardiac electrophysiologists during the past decade has been whether programmed ventricular stimulation (PVS) plays any role in the arrhythmic risk stratification of the Brugada syndrome (BrS). The results of the multicenter study published in 2003 by the Brugada brothers were unequivocal. In a study involving 408 BrS individuals with no previous ...

Value of Programmed Ventricular Stimulation After Tetralogy of Fallot Repair

Background—Studies have consistently shown that ventricular tachycardia (VT) and sudden cardiac death (SCD) complicate the long-term outcome after tetralogy of Fallot repair, yet the diagnostic and predictive value of electrophysiological testing in this population is uncertain. Methods and Results—A multicenter cohort of 252 patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot undergoing programmed vent...

Prognostic significance of programmed ventricular stimulation in survivors of acute

Sir, We were most interested in the paper by Bhandari et al (1989;61:410-6) because we are engaged in a similar study. There are several points upon which we would like to comment. Firstly, 10 out of 33 patients with inducible sustained arrhythmias were treated with potent antiarrhythmic agents. Though the drugs were chosen empirically and later stopped, the fact remains that several patients m...

Responses of sympathetic nerves to programmed ventricular stimulation.

Ventricular arrhythmias generally result in a decrease in arterial pressure and increases in atrial and ventricular filling pressures which would be expected to induce reflex changes in efferent sympathetic nerve activity to the heart and peripheral circulation. Experiments were performed in 14 anesthetized dogs in order to determine whether programmed ventricular stimulation produces changes i...