EHRA/HRS/APHRS expert consensus on ventricular arrhythmias

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator programming and electrical storm: Results of the OBSERVational registry On long-term outcome of ICD patients (OBSERVO-ICD)

“…ES was defined according to the current accepted criteria as three or more VF or VT episodes within 24 hours, each of those separated by at least 5 min and successfully terminated by the ICD, or by an incessant VT lasting more than 12 hours. 1,14 All patients were divided into three groups: patients with no arrhythmic episodes during the followup, patients with unclustered VTs/VFs episodes during the follow-up and patients with ES.…”

“…[1][2][3] Due to the steadily rising implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD) population, ES is nowadays a common sight in cardiology wards and emergency departments, affecting from 4% to 7% of patients implanted for primary prevention and from 10% to 58% of patients with a secondary prevention indication. [4][5][6] This condition, commonly defined as three or more episodes of VT or VF within 24 hours, or an incessant 12-hour VT, is most frequent in patients with heart failure (HF) and is associated with an increased cardiac and all-cause mortality.…”

European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Failure Association joint consensus document on arrhythmias in heart failure, endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society and the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society

“…While most recent devices are by default programmed to detect atrial arrhythmias, rate and sensitivity adjustments may be needed in individual patients to achieve appropriate atrial monitoring. The current ESC guidelines also recommend remote monitoring for implanted devices, not only to detect VAs and device‐related problems but also to allow early detection of AF, which otherwise may remain unnoticed and untreated before the next visit …”

Der tragbare Kardioverter-Defibrillator

“…Trotz bislang fehlender abgeschlossener randomisierter Studien nimmt die Nennung des WCD in Leitlinien und Expertenkonsensuspapieren stetig zu (Amsterdam et al [19], Zipes et al [20,21], Gronda et al [22], Willkoff et al [23], Costabel et al [24], Pedersen et al [25], Kusomoto et al [26], Schwab et al [27] …”