Abstract:To assess the effect of defibrillation and amiodarone on ventricular pacing threshold and time to capture in patients undergoing automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD) implantation, 28 patients were prospectively evaluated. The patients were entered into one of two protocols: Ia--epicardial ventricular pacing threshold measured at baseline (preventricular fibrillation induction) and 10 and 60 seconds postdefibrillation with 20 J, or Ib--two fibrillation-defibrillation sequences were performed … Show more
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