Anti-tachycardia pacing for rapid ventricular tachycardia is as effective as shocks in people with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. Commentary

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Claude Kouakam. Evid Based Cardiovasc Med. 2005 Mar.

. 2005 Mar;9(1):86-8.

doi: 10.1016/j.ebcm.2005.01.042.

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Prospective randomized multicenter trial of empirical antitachycardia pacing versus shocks for spontaneous rapid ventricular tachycardia in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: Pacing Fast Ventricular Tachycardia Reduces Shock Therapies (PainFREE Rx II) trial results.
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