Ventriculoatrial Conduction Capability and Prevalence of 1:1 Retrograde Conduction During Inducible Sustained Monomorphic Ventricular Tacbycardia in 305 Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Recipients
- 1 October 1997
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
- Vol. 20 (10), 2378-2384
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06074.x
Abstract
Despite the advent of dual chamber ICDs, differentiation of VT (SMVT) with 1:1 VA conduction will remain a challenge. In this study, VA conduction capability and prevalence of inducible sustained monomorphic (SM) VT with 1:1 VA conduction was assessed in 305 ICD recipients. SMVT with a mean cycle length (CL) of 304 +/- 61 ms was induced in 161 (53%) patients. Twenty-six percent of the patients maintained 1:1 VA conduction to CL < or = 400 ms during incremental ventricular pacing, regardless of presenting tachyarrhythmia or presence of inducible SMVT. Among ten patients who had inducible SMVT with possible 1:1 VA conduction (based on SMVT CL comparable to the shortest CL associated with 1:1 retrograde conduction during ventricular pacing), all seven with available intracardiac tracings had documented 1:1 VA conduction during the induced SMVT--representing 4.4% of the patients with inducible SMVT (95% CI 1.2%-7.6%), and 2.3% of the entire ICD cohort (95% CI 0.6%-4.0%). We conclude that about one-fifth of ICD recipients possess 1:1 VA conduction to CL < or = 400 ms and that inducible SMVT with 1:1 VA conduction can be demonstrated in a small but nonnegligible proportion of ICD recipients. These data are relevant to the design of tachyarrhythmia-discrimination algorithms for dual chamber ICDs.Keywords
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