Management of Ventricular Fibrillation with Transvenous Defibrillators Without Baseline Electrophysiologic Testing or Antiarrhythmic Drugs

Tranvenous Defibrillators Without EP Testing. Introduction: Baseline electrophysiologic study (EPS) is routinely performed in patients resuscitated from ventricular fibrillation (VF) to risk stratify and select patients for chronic antiarrhythmic drug therapy. The role of EP testing prior to insertion of a multiprogrammable implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), however, is unclear.

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