Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing
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J Interv Card Electrophysiol · Dec 2003
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical TrialPrevention of sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators-the PREVENT study.
In patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), 25 to 45% of tachyarrhythmia episodes were initiated by short-long-short RR intervals. ⋯ 'Rate smoothing' significantly reduced sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias in ICD patients. There is a relevant superiority of the treatment during the early six months of follow-up.