Clinical trials: ICD Shock Burden
Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias, ICD Shock Therapy
Sub-threshold Pacing to Prevent Pacemaker-induced Ventricular Tachycardia
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) may have the capacity to provoke or worsen ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VT). It has been reported that ICD shocks by itself can increase mortality.
- Conditions
- Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias, ICD Shock Therapy, ICD Shock Burden
- Trial name
- NCT01906775
- Testing
- Programming the pacemaker output for ventricular back-up pacing to a sub-threshold level
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 550 people
- Sponsor
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz