Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE

The most recent articles from: Pacing Clin Electrophysiol September 2003

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol · Sep 2003

Case Reports

Cardioverter defibrillator implantation in a pregnant woman guided with transesophageal echocardiography.

This report describes a 28-year-old pregnant woman with mitral valve prolapse and sudden cardiac death due to a ventricular fibrillation who underwent an ICD implantation guided by tranesophageal echocardiography.

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Pacing Clin Electrophysiol · Sep 2003

Efficacy of implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy for primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Risk stratification and effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy are unresolved issues in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a cardiac disease that is associated with arrhythmias and sudden death. We assessed ICD therapy in 132 patients with HCM: age at implantation was 34 +/- 17 years, and 44 (33%) patients were aged
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