RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Buckley, Rita
T1 Long AT/AF Episodes Associated with Adverse Clinical Events in ICD Patients
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2013
FD SAGE Publications
VO 13
IS 3
SP 16
OP 16
DO 10.1177/155989771303009
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/3/16.1.abstract
AB Many patients utilizing pacemakers (PMs) and implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) who have only short atrial tachycardia/atrial fibrillation (AT/AF) are not at higher risk of adverse events than those without AT/AF over the study period of approximately 24 months. However, long AT/AF episodes are associated with adverse clinical events, including hospitalization for clinical AT/AF and all-cause death in patients with ICDs. This article discusses the outcomes from the Registry of Atrial Tachycardia and Atrial Fibrillation Episodes in the Cardiac Rhythm Management Device Population [RATE; NCT00837798].