Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
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J. Cardiovasc. Electrophysiol. · Mar 1996
Management of ventricular fibrillation with transvenous defibrillators without baseline electrophysiologic testing or antiarrhythmic drugs.
Baseline electrophysiologic study (EPS) is routinely performed in patients resuscitated from ventricular fibrillation (VF) to risk stratify and select patients for chronic antiarrhythmic drug therapy. The role of EP testing prior to insertion of a multiprogrammable implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), however, is unclear. ⋯ After a cardiac arrest due to primary VF, select patients treated with multiprogrammable ICDs can be managed successfully without baseline EPS or antiarrhythmic drug therapy.