PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Parry, Nicola
ED  - Kolb, Christof
TI  - Dual Chamber ICD Therapy Associated with Fewer Inappropriate Shocks
DP  - 2013 Sep 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 19--20
VI  - 13
IP  - 12
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/12/19.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/12/19.full
AB  - This article presents data from an international multicenter study, demonstrating that patients with dual-chamber (DC) implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) experienced a significantly lower incidence of inappropriate shocks compared with those with single-chamber devices, with no difference in all-cause mortality between the two groups. The Optimal Anti-tachycardia Therapy in ICD Patients Without Pacing Indications study [OPTION; NCT00729703] was designed to test the hypothesis that DC ICD therapy with specific device-based algorithms would reduce the rate of inappropriate shocks without affecting morbidity and mortality by ventricular pacing.