Incidence of ventricular arrhythmias after biventricular defibrillator replacement: impact on safety of downgrading from CRT-D to CRT-P.

CONCLUSIONS: Freedom from VA before device replacement does not correlate with freedom from VA after replacement, so downgrade from CRT-D to CRT-P is not feasible at replacement, in particular in the elderlies, independently of responder and super-responder condition. PMID: 33059399 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Cardioangiologica - Category: Cardiology Tags: Minerva Cardioangiol Source Type: research