Inappropriate Implantable Defibrillator Shocks

[...]beta-blockers may prevent supraventricular tachycardia like AV node reentry tachycardia and ectopic atrial tachycardia, thus further reducing the risk of inappropriate ICD therapy. [...]an analysis of mortality, heart failure hospitalization, and therapy for VT or VF in MADIT-CRT showed superio...

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Published inJournal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 62; no. 15; pp. 1351 - 1352
Main Author Raitt, Merritt H., MD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Elsevier Limited 08.10.2013
Subjects
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Drug therapy
Heart attacks
Internal Medicine
Mortality
beta-blockers
heart failure
defibrillator
inappropriate therapy
carvedilol
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Summary:[...]beta-blockers may prevent supraventricular tachycardia like AV node reentry tachycardia and ectopic atrial tachycardia, thus further reducing the risk of inappropriate ICD therapy. [...]an analysis of mortality, heart failure hospitalization, and therapy for VT or VF in MADIT-CRT showed superior outcomes with carvedilol compared to metoprolol, suggesting a consistent benefit for all triggers of ICD therapy (14).
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2013.05.055