PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Buckley, Rita
ED  - Orlov, Michael
TI  - Long AT/AF Episodes Associated with Adverse Clinical Events in ICD Patients
DP  - 2013 Jul 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 16--16
VI  - 13
IP  - 3
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/3/16.1.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/3/16.1.full
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].