The overall system revision rate for patients with TPS at 24 months was 1.4%, 75% lower than that for patients with TVPs. TPS was disabled and left in situ in 64% of revisions, and percutaneous retrieval was successful as late as 14 months postimplant.
Catheter-based RF ablation of ischemic VT in humans causes lesions that initially resemble coagulation necrosis. This is followed by the development of an inflammatory infiltrate and, finally, the development of fibrosis. Repeated application of RF ablation may result in much larger lesions than have been previously reported.
Only 37 patients (31%) who died after placement of an ICD had a stored EGM within 1 h of the time of death, suggesting that the majority of deaths (69%) were not the immediate result of a tachyarrhythmia. When EGMs were recorded, they were wide in 89% of patients. These wide EGMs most likely represent intracardiac recordings of electromechanical dissociation. Thus, of the 119 deaths, 112 (94%) were not the immediate result of a tachyarrhythmia.
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