Defining the pattern of initiation of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia using the beat-to-beat intervals recorded on implantable cardioverter defibrillators from the RAFT study: A computer-based algorithm

Arrhythmia onset pattern may have important implications on morbidity, recurrent implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) shocks, and mortality, given the proposed correlation between initiation pattern and arrhythmia mechanism. Therefore, we developed and tested a computer-based algorithm to differentiate the pattern of initiation based on the beat-to-beat intervals of the ventricular tachycardia (VT) episodes in ICD recordings from the Resynchronization-Defibrillation for Ambulatory Heart Failure Trial (RAFT).

Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - February 3, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Rodrigo S. Barbosa, Leon Glass, Riccardo Proietti, Barry Burstein, Ahmed Al-Turki, Lyndon Sobolik, Zhubo Zhang, Guillaume Viart, Michelle Samuel, Alvin Shrier, Vidal Essebag Source Type: research