Electrical storm in patients with transvenous implantable cardioverter- defibrillators: Incidence, management and prognostic implications

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1909-1915

  Credner, Susanne C ^a   Klingenheben, Thomas ^a   Mauss, Oliver ^a   Sticherling, Christian ^a   Hohnloser, Stefan H ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BAROREFLEX; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0032406384     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00495-1     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Block M., Breithardt G. Long-term follow-up and clinical results of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. Zipes D.P., Jalife J. Cardiac Electrophysiology - From Cell to Bedside. 1995;1412-1425 W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia.
2. Results of the international study of the implantable pacemaker cardioverter-defibrillator a comparison of epicardial and endocardial lead systems . Circulation. 92:1995;59-65.
3. Dorian P., Cass D. An overview of the management of electrical storm. Can J Cardiol. 13:(Suppl A):1997;13A-17A.
4. Tavernier R., Derycke E., Jordaens L. An arrhythmia storm dependency on adrenergic drive late after implantation of an internal cardioverter defibrillator. Eur J C P E. 1:1997;33-36.
5. Kowey P.R., Levine J.H., Herre J.M., et al. Randomized, double-blind comparison of intravenous amiodarone and bretylium in the treatment of patients with recurrent, hemodynamically destabilizing ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation. Circulation. 92:1995;3255-3263.
6. Scheinman M.M., Levine J.H., Cannom D.S., et al. Dose-ranging study of intravenous amiodarone in patients with life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Circulation. 92:1995;3264-3272.
7. Kim S.G., Ling J., Fisher J.D., et al. Comparison and frequency of ventricular arrhythmias after defibrillator implantation by thoracotomy versus nonthoracotomy approaches. Am J Cardiol. 74:1994;1245-1248.
8. Korte T., Jung W., Ostermann G., et al. Hospital readmission in patients with modern implantable cardioverter/defibrillator. [abstract] Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 20:1997;1207.
9. O'Donoghue S., Platia E.V., Waclawski S., Mispireta L. Transient electrical storm prognostic significance of very numerous automatic defibrillator discharges . [abstract] J Am Coll Cardiol. 17:1991;352A.
10. Greene M., Geist M., Paquette M., et al. Long-term follow-up of implantable defibrillator therapy in patients with electrical storm. [abstract] Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 20:1997;1207.
11. La Rovere M.T., Mortara A., Schwartz P.J. Baroreflex sensitivity. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 6:1995;761-774.
12. Smyth H.S., Sleight P., Pickering G.W. Reflex regulation of arterial pressure during sleep in man a quantitative method of assessing baroreflex sensitivity . Circ Res. 24:1969;109-112.
13. SPSS-X User's Guide. 3rd ed. 1988;SPSS, Chicago.
14. Scheffe H. A method for judging all contrasts in the analysis of variance. Biometrika. 40:1953;87-104.
15. Kaplan E.L., Meier P. Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observations. J Am Stat Assoc. 53:1958;457-481.
16. Prentice R.L. Linear rank tests with right censored data. Biometrika. 34:1978;57-67.
17. Lemery R., Brugada P., Della Bella P., Dugernire T., van den Dool A., Wellens H.J.J. Nonischemic ventricular tachycardia clinical course and long-term follow-up in patients without clinically overt heart disease . Circulation. 79:1989;990-999.
18. Hariman R.J., Hu D., Gallastegui J.L., Beckman K.J., Bauman J.L. Long-term follow-up in patients with incessant ventricular tachycardia. Am J Cardiol. 66:1990;831-836.
19. Hohnloser S.H., Klingenheben T., van de Loo A., et al. Reflex versus tonic vagal activity as a prognostic parameter in patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation. Circulation. 89:1994;1068-1073.
20. De Ferrario G.M., Landolina M., Mantica M., et al. Baroreflex sensitivity, but not heart rate variability, is reduced in patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias long after myocardial infarction. Am Heart J. 130:1995;473-480.
21. Landolina M., Mantica M., Pessano P., et al. Impaired baroreflex sensitivity is correlated with hemodynamic deterioration of sustained ventricular tachycardia. J Am Coll Cardiol. 29:1997;568-575.
22. Schwartz P.J., La Rovere M.T., Vanoli E. Autonomic nervous system and sudden cardiac death. Circulation. 85:(Suppl I):1992;I-77-I-91.
23. Villacastin J., Almendral J., Arenal A., et al. Incidence and clinical significance of multiple consecutive, appropriate, high-energy discharges in patients with implanted cardioverter-defibrillators. Circulation. 93:1996;753-762.
24. Kim S.G., Maloney J.D., Pinski S.L., et al. Influence of left ventricular function on survival and mode of death after implantable defibrillator therapy (Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Montefiore Medical Center Experience). Am J Cardiol. 72:1993;1263-1267.
25. Powell A.C., Fuchs T., Finkelstein D.M., et al. Influence of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators on the long-term prognosis of survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Circulation. 88:1993;1083-1092.
26. Lessmeier T.J., Lehman M.H., Steinman R.T., et al. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in 300 patients with coronary artery disease presenting exclusively with ventricular fibrillation. Am Heart J. 128:1994;211-218.
27. Nademanee K., Singh B.N. Effects of sotalol on ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation produced by programmed electrical stimulation comparison with other agents . Am J Cardiol. 65:1990;53A-57A.
28. Kowey P.R., Marinchak R.A., Rials S., et al. Electrophysiologic testing in patients who respond acutely to intravenous amiodarone for incessant ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Am Heart J. 125:1993;1628-1632.
29. Hohnloser S.H., Klingenheben T., Singh B.N. Amiodarone-associated proarrhythmic effects a review with special reference to torsade de pointes tachycardia . Ann Int Med. 121:1994;529-535.