@article{76db555064b811df928f000ea68e967b,
title = "Incidence of ventricular arrhythmias in patients on long-term support with a continuous-flow assist device (HeartMate II)",
abstract = "The incidence of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) in patients supported with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has not been investigated in detail. In 23 consecutive recipients of a HeartMate II, we analyzed the incidence of VT/VF during a total of 266 months of follow-up. Sustained VT or VF occurred in 52% of the patients, with the majority of arrhythmias occurring in the first 4 weeks after LVAD implantation. VT/VF requiring implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shock or external defibrillation occurred in 8 patients and significant hemodynamic instability ensued in 3 patients. There were no clear predictors of VT/VF, and it is argued that prophylactic ICD implantation should be considered in patients supported with a continuous-flow LVAD.",
author = "Mads Andersen and Regitze Videbaek and S{\o}ren Boesgaard and K{\aa}re Sander and Hansen, {Peter B} and Finn Gustafsson",
note = "Keywords: Adult; Defibrillators, Implantable; Electric Countershock; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart Diseases; Heart-Assist Devices; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Risk Factors; Tachycardia, Ventricular; Ventricular Fibrillation",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1016/j.healun.2009.03.011",
language = "English",
volume = "28",
pages = "733--5",
journal = "Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation",
issn = "1053-2498",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "7",
}