Francisco José Tornés Bárzaga, Paulina Cisneros Clavijo, Margarita Dorantes Sánchez, Jesús Castro Hevia, Roberto Zayas Molina, Miguel Angel Quiñones Pérez, Joaquín Bueno Leza, Yanela Fayad Rodríguez, Francisco Dorticós Balea
Some patients receive multiple appropriate shocks during a short period of time, arrhythmic electrical storm (malignant ventricular arrhythmias resulting in device intervention > or = 3 times during 24 hours). It is a common implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy-related complication. The objectives of this study were to determine the incidence, characteristics, prognostic implications and therapeutic options of electrical storm. This six years prospective study comprised 115 device recipients, who were followed for 510-2,100 days...
2008: Archivos de Cardiología de México