Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE
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Pacing Clin Electrophysiol · Aug 1993
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialRandomized cross-over evaluation of two adaptive pacing algorithms for the termination of ventricular tachycardia.
In a randomized, cross-over study we evaluated the efficacy of rate adaptive constant cycle length (BURST) and autodecremental (RAMP) pacing for termination of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia. ⋯ 1. Rate adaptive pacing methods for ventricular tachycardia termination are effective and safe. 2. Autodecremental RAMP pacing afford quicker ventricular tachycardia termination than constant cycle length BURST pacing. 3. The ability to terminate ventricular tachycardia is cycle length dependent with cycle length range of 300-350 msec being most responsive to pace termination.