20 ng/ml 200 ng/ml 1000 ng/ml chronic kidney disease CKD Brugada 5 Brugada Brugada 1

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "20 ng/ml 200 ng/ml 1000 ng/ml chronic kidney disease CKD Brugada 5 Brugada Brugada 1"

Transcription

1 Symposium Brugada 5 Brugada Brugada X brain natriuretic peptide BNP 20 ng/ml 200 ng/ml 1000 ng/ml chronic kidney disease CKD 2 CKD glomerular filtration rate GFR 60 ml/ /1.73m 2 30 ml/ /1.73m QRS J QT ST T T peak end Tp e QT dispersion QRS 120 msec J QRS Takanori Ikeda Risk stratification of sudden cardiac death global standard 1647

2 46 Symposium a. a. Brugada b. b. QT c. 4 c. QT d. d. J e. f. e. 2. a. 2. b. a. c. b a. 4. b. 5. c. a. d. b. e. 6. f a. 10. b. c. d. J QT 12 QT QT QTc 500 msec torsade de pointes QT QTc 300 msec Tp e V 5 T T 100 msec torsade de pointes 3 X X cardiothoracic ratio CTR 2 CTR BNP 1,000 ng/ml GFR 30 ml/ /1.73 m 2 12 QRS 120 msec J ST T QT 500 msec QT 300 msec T peak end 100 msec X mm 3000 / BNP GFR Simpson left ventricular ejection fraction LVEF 40 LVEF 55 mm 5 nonsustained 1648

3 Symposium ventricular tachycardia NSVT ventricular premature contraction VPC NSVT NSVT 3 VPC 100 / VPC 3000 / VPC NSVT 6 2 NSVT VPC LVEF LVEF LVEF 2 NSVT NSVT 8 NSVT 7 3 T wave alternans T wave alternans TWA T 1ABABAB 1649

4 48 Symposium 39 3 NYHA BNP T wave alternans 24 T wave alternans T wave variability late potentials 24 late potentials Heart rate turbulence TWA M TWA M TWA LVEF M TWA M TWA 8 ALPHA 9 MASTER 10 SCD HeFT 11 ABCD 12 SCD HeFT M TWA MASTER SCD HeFT ALPHA ABCD M TWA PREVENT SCD M TWA 4 M TWA TWA modified moving average MMA TWA TD TWA 13 TWA T wave variability 14 5 late potentials QRS late potentials LP 1650

5 Symposium LP LP LP LP 24 LP 15 CABG Patch 16 Brugada LP 17,18 6 heart rate variability HRV RR HRV HRV ATRAMI 19 HRV RR NN standard deviation of the NN inter vals SDNN 7 baroreceptor reflex sensitivity BRS 1 BRS BRS HRV ATRAMI 19 BRS 8 heart rate turbulence heart rate turbulence HRT1 VPC RR turbulence onset TO turbulence slope TS VPC VPC HRV VPC VPC 9 electrophysiologic study EPS 1651

6 50 Symposium 39 VT Brugada VF EPS MUSTT 22 EPS implantable cardioverter defibrillator ICD EPS 22 EPS MADIT II 23 EPS ICD p CKD p Circ J 2005;69 Suppl IV: ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006; 48 Issue 5: e Ikeda T, Yusu S, Nakamura K, et al. Risk stratification for sudden cardiac death. Circ J 2007;71 Suppl A: A Ikeda T, Saito H, Tanno K, et al. T wave alternans as a predictor for sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 2002;89: Scirica BM, Braunwald E, Belardinelli L, et al. Relationship between nonsustained ventricular tachycardia after non ST elevation acute coronary syndrome and sudden cardiac death: obser vations from the metabolic efficiency with ranolazine for less ischemia in non ST elevation acute coronary syndrome thrombolysis in myocardial infarction 36 MERLIN TIMI 36 randomized controlled trial. Circulation 2010;122: Ikeda T, Yoshino H, Sugi K, et al. Predictive value of microvolt T wave alternans for sudden cardiac death in patients with preserved cardiac function after acute myocardial infarction: results of a collaborative cohort study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;48: Salerno Uriarte JA, De Ferrari GM, Klersy C, et al. Prognostic value of T wave alternans in patients with heart failure due to nonischemic cardiomyopathy: results of the ALPHA Study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;50: Chow T, Kereiakes DJ, Onufer J, et al. Does microvolt T wave alternans testing predict ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and prophylactic defibrillators? The MASTER Microvolt T Wave Alternans Testing for Risk Stratification of Post Myocardial Infarction Patients trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;52: Gold MR, Ip JH, Costantini O, et al. Role of microvolt T wave alternans in assessment of arrhythmia vulnerability among patients with heart failure and systolic dysfunction: primary results from the T wave alternans sudden cardiac death in heart failure trial substudy. Circulation 2008;118: Costantini O, Hohnloser SH, Kirk MM, et al. The ABCD Alternans Before Cardioverter Defibrillator Trial: Strategies using T wave alternans to improve efficiency of sudden cardiac death prevention. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;53: Sakaki K, Ikeda T, Miwa Y, et al. Time domain T wave alternans measured from Holter electrocardiograms predicts cardiac mortality in patients with left ventricular dysfunction: A prospective study. Heart Rhythm 2009;6; Couderc JP, Zareba W, McNitt S, et al. Repolarization variability in the risk stratification of MADIT II patients. Europace 2007;9: Abe A, Ikeda T, Tsukada T, et al. Circadian variation of late potentials in idiopathic ventricular fibrillation associated with J waves: Insights into pathophysiology and risk stratification. Heart Rhythm 2010;7: Ikeda T, Sakata T, Takami M, et al. Combined assessment of T wave alternans and late potentials used to predict arrhythmic events after myocardial 1652

7 Symposium infarction: A prospective study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000;35: Bigger JT; the Coronar y Ar ter y Bypass Graft CABG Patch Trial Investigators. Prophylactic use of implanted cardiac defibrillators in patients. at high risk for ventricular arrhythmias after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. N Engl J Med 1997;337: Ikeda T, Sakurada H, Sakabe K, et al. Assessment of noninvasive markers in identifying patients at risk in the Brugada syndrome: Insight into risk stratification. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001;37: La Rovere MT, Bigger JT Jr, et al; for the ATRAMI Autonomic Tone and Reflexes After Myocardial Infarction Investigators. Baroreflex sensitivity and heart rate variability in prediction of total cardiac mortality after myocardial infarction. Lancet 1998; 351: Schmidt G, Malik M, Barthel P, Schneider R, Ulm K, Rolnitzky L, et al. Heart rate turbulence after ven tricular premature beats as a predictor of mortality after acute myocardial infarction. Lancet 1999;353: Miwa Y, Ikeda T, Sakaki K, Miyakoshi M, Ishiguro H, Tsukada T, et al. Heart rate turbulence as a predictor of cardiac mortality and arrhythmic events in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: A prospective study. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2009;20: Buxton AE, Lee KL, DiCarlo L, et al. Multicenter Unsustained Tachycardia Trial Investigators. Electrophysiologic testing to identify patients with coronary artery disease who are at risk for sudden death. N Engl J Med 2000;342: Daubert JP, Zareba W, Hall WJ, et al. Predictive value of ventricular arrhythmia inducibility for subsequent ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation in Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial MADIT II patients. Am Coll Cardiol 2006;47:

MEDICAL POLICY POLICY TITLE T-WAVE ALTERNANS TESTING POLICY NUMBER MP

MEDICAL POLICY POLICY TITLE T-WAVE ALTERNANS TESTING POLICY NUMBER MP Original Issue Date (Created): August 23, 2002 Most Recent Review Date (Revised): September 24, 2013 Effective Date: November 1, 2013 I. POLICY T-wave alternans is considered investigational as a technique

More information

T-Wave Alternans. Policy # Original Effective Date: 06/05/2002 Current Effective Date: 09/17/2014

T-Wave Alternans. Policy # Original Effective Date: 06/05/2002 Current Effective Date: 09/17/2014 Applies to all products administered or underwritten by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and its subsidiary, HMO Louisiana, Inc.(collectively referred to as the Company ), unless otherwise provided

More information

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy in MADIT II Patients with Signs and Symptoms of Heart Failure

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy in MADIT II Patients with Signs and Symptoms of Heart Failure Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy in MADIT II Patients with Signs and Symptoms of Heart Failure Wojciech Zareba Postinfarction patients with left ventricular dysfunction are at increased risk

More information

Noninvasive Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Death

Noninvasive Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Death 2011 년순환기관련학회춘계통합학술대회 Noninvasive Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Death 영남대학교의과대학순환기내과학교실신동구 Diseases associated with SCD Previous SCD event Prior episode of ventricular tachyarrhythmia Previous myocardial

More information

MEDICAL POLICY SUBJECT: MICROVOLT T-WAVE ALTERNANS

MEDICAL POLICY SUBJECT: MICROVOLT T-WAVE ALTERNANS MEDICAL POLICY PAGE: 1 OF: 6 If the member's subscriber contract excludes coverage for a specific service it is not covered under that contract. In such cases, medical policy criteria are not applied.

More information

Arrhythmias Focused Review. Who Needs An ICD?

Arrhythmias Focused Review. Who Needs An ICD? Who Needs An ICD? Cesar Alberte, MD, Douglas P. Zipes, MD, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN Sudden cardiac arrest is one of the most common causes

More information

03/17/16, 03/16/17, 03/15/18 CATEGORY: Technology Assessment. Proprietary Information of Excellus Health Plan, Inc.

03/17/16, 03/16/17, 03/15/18 CATEGORY: Technology Assessment. Proprietary Information of Excellus Health Plan, Inc. MEDICAL POLICY SUBJECT: MICROVOLT T-WAVE ALTERNANS, PAGE: 1 OF: 6 If a product excludes coverage for a service, it is not covered, and medical policy criteria do not apply. If a commercial product, including

More information

ICD. Guidelines and Critical Review of Trials. Win K. Shen, MD Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Mayo Clinic Arizona Torino 2011

ICD. Guidelines and Critical Review of Trials. Win K. Shen, MD Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Mayo Clinic Arizona Torino 2011 ICD Guidelines and Critical Review of Trials Win K. Shen, MD Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Mayo Clinic Arizona Torino 2011 Disclosure Relevant Financial Relationship(s) None Off

More information

Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography (SAECG)

Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography (SAECG) Medical Policy Manual Medicine, Policy No. 21 Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography (SAECG) Next Review: April 2018 Last Review: April 2017 Effective: May 1, 2017 IMPORTANT REMINDER Medical Policies are

More information

ROLE OF THE SIGNAL ECG IN RISK STRATIFICATION OF SCD. An overview

ROLE OF THE SIGNAL ECG IN RISK STRATIFICATION OF SCD. An overview ROLE OF THE SIGNAL ECG IN RISK STRATIFICATION OF SCD. An overview Nabil El-Sherif, MD SUNY - Downstate Medical Center & New York harbor VA Healthcare System Brooklyn, NY, USA Signal Averaged ECG: A Selective

More information

Non-invasive sudden death risk stratification

Non-invasive sudden death risk stratification Non-invasive sudden death risk stratification Roberto F.E. Pedretti, Simona Sarzi Braga Division of Cardiology, IRCCS S. Maugeri Foundation, Scientific Institute of Tradate, Tradate (VA), Italy Key words:

More information

Continuing Cardiology Education

Continuing Cardiology Education Continuing Cardiology Education REVIEW ARTICLE Risk stratification for the primary prevention of arrhythmic sudden cardiac death in post-infarction patients Part II: Cardiac magnetic resonance and electrophysiological

More information

Clinical Policy: Microvolt T-Wave Alternans Testing Reference Number: CP.MP.212

Clinical Policy: Microvolt T-Wave Alternans Testing Reference Number: CP.MP.212 Clinical Policy: Reference Number: CP.MP.212 Effective Date: 03/05 Last Review Date: 09/17 See Important Reminder at the end of this policy for important regulatory and legal information. Coding Implications

More information

Preventing Sudden Death Current & Future Role of ICD Therapy

Preventing Sudden Death Current & Future Role of ICD Therapy Preventing Sudden Death Current & Future Role of ICD Therapy Derek V Exner, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FACC, FAHA, FHRS Professor, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta Canada Research Chair, Cardiovascular Clinical

More information

EXPERT CONSENSUS DOCUMENT

EXPERT CONSENSUS DOCUMENT EXPERT CONSENSUS DOCUMENT American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation/Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Statement on Noninvasive Risk Stratification Techniques for Identifying Patients

More information

The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision,

The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, AHA/ACCF/HRS Scientific Statement American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation/Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Statement on Noninvasive Risk Stratification Techniques for Identifying

More information

What Every Physician Should Know:

What Every Physician Should Know: What Every Physician Should Know: The Canadian Heart Rhythm Society estimates that, in Canada, sudden cardiac death (SCD) is responsible for about 40,000 deaths annually; more than AIDS, breast cancer

More information

UC San Diego UC San Diego Previously Published Works

UC San Diego UC San Diego Previously Published Works UC San Diego UC San Diego Previously Published Works Title Abnormal heart rate turbulence predicts the initiation of ventricular arrhythmias Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4847v0bk Journal

More information

Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 41, No. 12, by the American College of Cardiology Foundation ISSN /03/$30.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 41, No. 12, by the American College of Cardiology Foundation ISSN /03/$30. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 41, No. 12, 2003 2003 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation ISSN 0735-1097/03/$30.00 Published by Elsevier Inc. doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(03)00467-4

More information

Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 44, No. 7, by the American College of Cardiology Foundation ISSN /04/$30.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 44, No. 7, by the American College of Cardiology Foundation ISSN /04/$30. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 44, No. 7, 2004 2004 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation ISSN 0735-1097/04/$30.00 Published by Elsevier Inc. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2004.06.063

More information

Several studies of the primary prevention. Original Research

Several studies of the primary prevention. Original Research Original Research Hellenic J Cardiol 2015; 56: 230-236 Inducibility of Ventricular Arrhythmia and Tachyarrhythmia Recurrences in Patients with Implantable Defibrillator Giuseppe Stabile 1, Paolo Gallo

More information

SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH(SCD): Definition

SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH(SCD): Definition SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, PREVENTION & THERAPY Hasan Garan, M.D. Columbia University Medical Center SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH(SCD): Definition DEATH DUE TO A CARDIAC CAUSE IN A CLINICALLY

More information

SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH(SCD): Definition

SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH(SCD): Definition SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, PREVENTION & THERAPY Hasan Garan, M.D. Columbia University Medical Center SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH(SCD): Definition DEATH DUE TO A CARDIAC CAUSE IN A CLINICALLY

More information

Original Article Fragmented QRS as a Predictor of Appropriate Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator Therapy

Original Article Fragmented QRS as a Predictor of Appropriate Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator Therapy 4 Original Article Fragmented QRS as a Predictor of Appropriate Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator Therapy Sirin Apiyasawat, Dujdao Sahasthas, Tachapong Ngarmukos, Pakorn Chandanamattha, Khanchit Likittanasombat

More information

The concept of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) was introduced

The concept of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) was introduced Review Rohit Kedia, MD Mohammad Saeed, MD, FACC Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Indications and Unresolved Issues Since the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator was first used clinically in 1980,

More information

Synopsis of Management on Ventricular arrhythmias. M. Soni MD Interventional Cardiologist

Synopsis of Management on Ventricular arrhythmias. M. Soni MD Interventional Cardiologist Synopsis of Management on Ventricular arrhythmias M. Soni MD Interventional Cardiologist No financial disclosure Premature Ventricular Contraction (PVC) Ventricular Bigeminy Ventricular Trigeminy Multifocal

More information

Heart failure and sudden death

Heart failure and sudden death Heart failure and sudden death What did we learn so far from important ICD- and CRT trials? Helmut U. Klein M.D. University of Rochester Medical Center Heart Research Follow up Program Arrhythmic substrate

More information

Corporate Medical Policy

Corporate Medical Policy Corporate Medical Policy File Name: Origination: Last CAP Review: Next CAP Review: Last Review: signal_averaged_ecg 7/1992 10/2017 10/2018 10/2017 Description of Procedure or Service Signal-averaged electrocardiography

More information

Microvolt T-Wave Alternans and the Risk of Death or Sustained Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Microvolt T-Wave Alternans and the Risk of Death or Sustained Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 47, No. 2, 2006 2006 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation ISSN 0735-1097/06/$32.00 Published by Elsevier Inc. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.026

More information

Risk Stratification of Sudden Cardiac Death

Risk Stratification of Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Stratification of Sudden Cardiac Death Michael R Gold, MD, PhD Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC USA Disclosures: None Sudden Cardiac Death A Major Public Health Problem > 1/2 of

More information

Prevention of sudden cardiac death: With an emphasis on sudden cardiac death from ventricular arrhythmias

Prevention of sudden cardiac death: With an emphasis on sudden cardiac death from ventricular arrhythmias Prevention of sudden cardiac death: With an emphasis on sudden cardiac death from ventricular arrhythmias The Toronto ACS Summit Toronto, March 1, 2014 Andrew C.T. Ha, MD, MSc, FRCPC Cardiac Electrophysiology

More information

Michel Mirowski and colleagues ABSTRACT CARDIOLOGY. ICD Update: New Evidence and Emerging Clinical Roles in Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death

Michel Mirowski and colleagues ABSTRACT CARDIOLOGY. ICD Update: New Evidence and Emerging Clinical Roles in Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death ICD Update: New Evidence and Emerging Clinical Roles in Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death Ronald D. Berger, MD, PhD, FACC ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To review recent major randomized trials of implantable

More information

Primary prevention of sudden cardiac death using implantable cardioverter defibrillators

Primary prevention of sudden cardiac death using implantable cardioverter defibrillators Europace (2008) 10, 1034 1041 doi:10.1093/europace/eun150 Primary prevention of sudden cardiac death using implantable cardioverter defibrillators Ligang Ding, Wei Hua*, Hongxia Niu, Keping Chen, and Shu

More information

Dialysis-Dependent Cardiomyopathy Patients Demonstrate Poor Survival Despite Reverse Remodeling With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Dialysis-Dependent Cardiomyopathy Patients Demonstrate Poor Survival Despite Reverse Remodeling With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Dialysis-Dependent Cardiomyopathy Patients Demonstrate Poor Survival Despite Reverse Remodeling With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Evan Adelstein, MD, FHRS John Gorcsan III, MD Samir Saba, MD, FHRS

More information

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE Implantable cardioverter defibrillators for the treatment of arrhythmias and cardiac resynchronisation therapy for the treatment of heart failure (review

More information

Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation. Saverio Iacopino, MD, FACC, FESC

Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation. Saverio Iacopino, MD, FACC, FESC Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Saverio Iacopino, MD, FACC, FESC ü Ventricular arrhythmias, both symptomatic and asymptomatic, are common, but syncope and SCD are infrequent initial manifestations of

More information

The mortality of high-risk patients surviving myocardial

The mortality of high-risk patients surviving myocardial Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology Prevalent Low-Frequency Oscillation of Heart Rate Novel Predictor of Mortality After Myocardial Infarction Dan Wichterle, MD; Jan Simek, MD; Maria Teresa La Rovere, MD; Peter

More information

POST-MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ARRHYTHMIA RISK STRATIFICATION USING MICROVOLT T-WAVE ALTERNANS

POST-MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ARRHYTHMIA RISK STRATIFICATION USING MICROVOLT T-WAVE ALTERNANS CRAIOVA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY POST-MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ARRHYTHMIA RISK STRATIFICATION USING MICROVOLT T-WAVE ALTERNANS PHD THESIS - ABSTRACT - PhD Supervisor: Prof. Dr. DOINA CÂRSTEA Candidate:

More information

ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION

ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Effectiveness of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease and Left Ventricular Dysfunction Paul S. Chan, MD, MSc; Theodore Chow, MD; Dean Kereiakes,

More information

The Immediate Reproducibility of T Wave Alternans During Bicycle Exercise

The Immediate Reproducibility of T Wave Alternans During Bicycle Exercise Reprinted with permission from JOURNAL OF PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, Volume 25, No. 8, August 2002 Copyright 2002 by Futura Publishing Company, Inc., Armonk, NY 10504-0418. The Immediate Reproducibility

More information

Who does not need a primary preventive ICD?

Who does not need a primary preventive ICD? Who does not need a primary preventive ICD? Hildegard Tanner, Bern Universitätsklinik für Kardiologie Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest Travel grants for educational purposes from: Biosense

More information

Do All Patients With An ICD Indication Need A BiV Pacing Device?

Do All Patients With An ICD Indication Need A BiV Pacing Device? Do All Patients With An ICD Indication Need A BiV Pacing Device? Muhammad A. Hammouda, MD Electrophysiology Laboratory Department of Critical Care Medicine Cairo University Etiology and Pathophysiology

More information

Automatic External Defibrillators

Automatic External Defibrillators Last Review Date: April 21, 2017 Number: MG.MM.DM.10dC3v4 Medical Guideline Disclaimer Property of EmblemHealth. All rights reserved. The treating physician or primary care provider must submit to EmblemHealth

More information

Primary prevention of SCD with the ICD in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy

Primary prevention of SCD with the ICD in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Primary prevention of SCD with the ICD in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Michael R Gold, MD, PhD Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC USA Disclosures: Consulting and Clinical Trials Medtronic

More information

The clinical value of T-wave alternans derived from Holter monitoring

The clinical value of T-wave alternans derived from Holter monitoring Europace (2017) 19, 529 534 doi:10.1093/europace/euw292 REVIEW The clinical value of T-wave alternans derived from Holter monitoring Joanna Lewek 1, Pawel Ptaszynski 1, Thomas Klingenheben 2, and Iwona

More information

How to do exercise-induced T-wave alternans testing using the spectral method

How to do exercise-induced T-wave alternans testing using the spectral method HOW TO DO Cardiology Journal 2008, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 288 292 Copyright 2008 Via Medica ISSN 1897 5593 How to do exercise-induced T-wave alternans testing using the spectral method Thomas Klingenheben

More information

Πρόληψη του ΑΚΘ σε ασθενείς με μη-ισχαιμική μυοκαρδιοπάθεια:

Πρόληψη του ΑΚΘ σε ασθενείς με μη-ισχαιμική μυοκαρδιοπάθεια: Πρόληψη του ΑΚΘ σε ασθενείς με μη-ισχαιμική μυοκαρδιοπάθεια: Νεώτερα δεδομένα στη διαστρωμάτωση κινδύνου Εμμ. Μ. Κανουπάκης MD, PhD, FESC Πανεπιστημιακό Νοσοκομείο Ηρακλείου NIDCM Presence of LV dilatation

More information

IHCP bulletin INDIANA HEALTH COVERAGE PROGRAMS BT JANUARY 24, 2012

IHCP bulletin INDIANA HEALTH COVERAGE PROGRAMS BT JANUARY 24, 2012 IHCP bulletin INDIANA HEALTH COVERAGE PROGRAMS BT201203 JANUARY 24, 2012 The IHCP to reimburse implantable cardioverter defibrillators separately from outpatient implantation Effective March 1, 2012, the

More information

Sudden Cardiac Death What an electrophysiologist thinks a cardiologist should know

Sudden Cardiac Death What an electrophysiologist thinks a cardiologist should know Sudden Cardiac Death What an electrophysiologist thinks a cardiologist should know Steven J. Kalbfleisch, M.D. Medical Director Electrophysiology Laboratory Ross Heart Hospital Wexner Medical Center Sudden

More information

Pause-induced Ventricular Tachycardia: Clinical Characteristics

Pause-induced Ventricular Tachycardia: Clinical Characteristics Pause-induced Ventricular Tachycardia: Clinical Characteristics Margaret Bond A. Study Purpose and Rationale Until three decades ago, ventricular arrhythmias were thought to be rare in occurrence and their

More information

ICD in a young patient with syncope

ICD in a young patient with syncope ICD in a young patient with syncope Konstantinos P. Letsas, MD, FESC Second Department of Cardiology Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens Athens, Greece Case presentation A 17-year-old apparently healthy

More information

Title: Automatic External Defibrillators Division: Medical Management Department: Utilization Management

Title: Automatic External Defibrillators Division: Medical Management Department: Utilization Management Retired Date: Page 1 of 7 1. POLICY DESCRIPTION: Automatic External Defibrillators 2. RESPONSIBLE PARTIES: Medical Management Administration, Utilization Management, Integrated Care Management, Pharmacy,

More information

Accumulation of risk markers predicts the incidence of sudden death in patients with chronic heart failure

Accumulation of risk markers predicts the incidence of sudden death in patients with chronic heart failure The European Journal of Heart Failure 8 (2006) 237 242 www.elsevier.com/locate/ejheart Accumulation of risk markers predicts the incidence of sudden death in patients with chronic heart failure Jun Watanabe

More information

Targeting the late sodium channel: A new antiarrhythmic paradigm?

Targeting the late sodium channel: A new antiarrhythmic paradigm? Targeting the late sodium channel: A new antiarrhythmic paradigm? Wojciech Zareba, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine/Cardiology University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY Disclosures: - Gilead Sciences:

More information

Combination of QT Variability and Signalaveraged Electrocardiography in Association With Ventricular Tachycardia in Postinfarction Patients

Combination of QT Variability and Signalaveraged Electrocardiography in Association With Ventricular Tachycardia in Postinfarction Patients Journal of Electrocardiology Vol. 36 No. 1 2003 Combination of QT Variability and Signalaveraged Electrocardiography in Association With Ventricular Tachycardia in Postinfarction Patients Gulmira Kudaiberdieva,

More information

Pattarapong Makarawate MD, FHRS Assistant Professor. Division Of Cardiology Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University

Pattarapong Makarawate MD, FHRS Assistant Professor. Division Of Cardiology Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University Pattarapong Makarawate MD, FHRS Assistant Professor. Division Of Cardiology Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University 1. Important and impact of ICD in primary prevention 2. Risk stratification for ICD

More information

Clinical and Electrocardiographic Characteristics of Patients with Brugada Syndrome: Report of Five Cases of Documented Ventricular Fibrillation

Clinical and Electrocardiographic Characteristics of Patients with Brugada Syndrome: Report of Five Cases of Documented Ventricular Fibrillation J Arrhythmia Vol 25 No 1 2009 Original Article Clinical and Electrocardiographic Characteristics of Patients with Brugada Syndrome: Report of Five Cases of Documented Ventricular Fibrillation Seiji Takashio

More information

NHS. Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) for arrhythmias. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Issue date: January 2006

NHS. Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) for arrhythmias. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Issue date: January 2006 NHS National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Issue date: January 2006 Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) for arrhythmias Understanding NICE guidance information for people with

More information

Sudden death as co-morbidity in patients following vascular intervention

Sudden death as co-morbidity in patients following vascular intervention Sudden death as co-morbidity in patients following vascular intervention Impact of ICD therapy Seah Nisam Director, Medical Science, Guidant Corporation Advanced Angioplasty Meeting (BCIS) London, 16 Jan,

More information

MEDICAL POLICY SUBJECT: IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR

MEDICAL POLICY SUBJECT: IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR MEDICAL POLICY SUBJECT: IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER PAGE: 1 OF: 12 If a product excludes coverage for a service, it is not covered, and medical policy criteria do not apply. If a commercial product, including

More information

Public Statement: Medical Policy Statement:

Public Statement: Medical Policy Statement: Medical Policy Title: Cardioverter- ARBenefits Approval: 09/7/2011 Defibrillators Effective Date: 01/01/2012 Document: ARB0096 Revision Date: Code(s): C1721, C1722, C1777, C1882, C1895, C1896 and C1899

More information

Cardiac Devices CRT,ICD: Who is and is not a Candidate? Who Decides

Cardiac Devices CRT,ICD: Who is and is not a Candidate? Who Decides Cardiac Devices CRT,ICD: Who is and is not a Candidate? Who Decides Colette Seifer MB(Hons) FRCP(UK) Associate Professor, University of Manitoba, Cardiologist, Cardiac Sciences Program, St Boniface Hospital

More information

Editorial: Sudden Death in Heart Failure: An Ounce of Prediction is Worth a Pound of Prevention

Editorial: Sudden Death in Heart Failure: An Ounce of Prediction is Worth a Pound of Prevention Editorial: Sudden Death in Heart Failure: An Ounce of Prediction is Worth a Pound of Prevention Sudden Cardiac Death Ragavendra R. Baliga, MD, MBA Consulting Editors James B. Young, MD Sudden cardiac death

More information

Comparison of clinical trials evaluating cardiac resynchronization therapy in mild to moderate heart failure

Comparison of clinical trials evaluating cardiac resynchronization therapy in mild to moderate heart failure HOT TOPIC Cardiology Journal 2010, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 543 548 Copyright 2010 Via Medica ISSN 1897 5593 Comparison of clinical trials evaluating cardiac resynchronization therapy in mild to moderate heart

More information

Cover Page. The handle holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation

Cover Page. The handle  holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation Cover Page The handle http://hdl.handle.net/1887/37621 holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation Author: Sum-Che Man Title: Vectorcardiographic diagnostic & prognostic information derived

More information

Heart Failure and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Therapy: Update and Perspective on Current Primary Prevention Trials

Heart Failure and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Therapy: Update and Perspective on Current Primary Prevention Trials Journal of Cardiac Failure Vol. 8 No. 3 2002 Perspectives Heart Failure and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Therapy: Update and Perspective on Current Primary Prevention Trials LESLIE A. SAXON,

More information

Management of Syncope in Heart Failure. University of Iowa

Management of Syncope in Heart Failure. University of Iowa Management of Syncope in Heart Failure Brian Olshansky University of Iowa 1 Syncope Transient loss of consciousness, with rapid, usually complete, recovery, with or without prodrome A common, non-specific,

More information

Primary prevention ICD recipients: the need for defibrillator back-up after an event-free first battery service-life

Primary prevention ICD recipients: the need for defibrillator back-up after an event-free first battery service-life Chapter 3 Primary prevention ICD recipients: the need for defibrillator back-up after an event-free first battery service-life Guido H. van Welsenes, MS, Johannes B. van Rees, MD, Joep Thijssen, MD, Serge

More information

In the 2002 American College of Cardiology/American

In the 2002 American College of Cardiology/American Risk Stratification After Acute Myocardial Infarction by Heart Rate Turbulence Petra Barthel, MD; Raphael Schneider, Dipl Ing; Axel Bauer, MD; Kurt Ulm, PhD; Claus Schmitt, MD; Albert Schömig, MD; Georg

More information

Ventricular tachycardia Ventricular fibrillation and ICD

Ventricular tachycardia Ventricular fibrillation and ICD EKG Conference Ventricular tachycardia Ventricular fibrillation and ICD Samsung Medical Center CCU D.I. Hur Ji Won 2006.05.20 Ventricular tachyarrhythmia ventricular tachycardia ventricular fibrillation

More information

CRT-P or CRT-D From North Alberta to Nairobi

CRT-P or CRT-D From North Alberta to Nairobi CRT-P or CRT-D From North Alberta to Nairobi Dr Mzee Ngunga Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi KCS Congress: Impact through collaboration CONTACT: Tel. +254 735 833 803 Email: kcardiacs@gmail.com Web:

More information

Microvolt T-Wave Alternans for Risk Stratification in Athletes with Ventricular Arrhythmias: Correlation with Programmed Ventricular Stimulation

Microvolt T-Wave Alternans for Risk Stratification in Athletes with Ventricular Arrhythmias: Correlation with Programmed Ventricular Stimulation Microvolt T-Wave Alternans for Risk Stratification in Athletes with Ventricular Arrhythmias: Correlation with Programmed Ventricular Stimulation Giuseppe Inama, M.D., Claudio Pedrinazzi, M.D., Ornella

More information

QRS Duration Does Not Predict Occurrence of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Patients With Implanted Cardioverter-Defibrillators

QRS Duration Does Not Predict Occurrence of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Patients With Implanted Cardioverter-Defibrillators Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 46, No. 2, 2005 2005 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation ISSN 0735-1097/05/$30.00 Published by Elsevier Inc. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2005.03.060

More information

Original Policy Date

Original Policy Date MP 7.01.32 Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Medical Policy Section Surgery Issue 12:2013 Original Policy Date 12:2013 Last Review Status/Date Reviewed with literature search/12:2013 Return

More information

Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 37, No. 2, by the American College of Cardiology ISSN /01/$20.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 37, No. 2, by the American College of Cardiology ISSN /01/$20. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 37, No. 2, 2001 2001 by the American College of Cardiology ISSN 0735-1097/01/$20.00 Published by Elsevier Science Inc. PII S0735-1097(00)01133-5 Coronary

More information

Sudden cardiac death. (Heart Rhythm 2010;7: ) 2010 Heart Rhythm Society. All rights reserved.

Sudden cardiac death. (Heart Rhythm 2010;7: ) 2010 Heart Rhythm Society. All rights reserved. Gender differences in clinical outcome and primary prevention defibrillator benefit in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction: A systematic review and meta-analysis Pasquale Santangeli, MD,*

More information

The Therapeutic Role of the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia

The Therapeutic Role of the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia The Therapeutic Role of the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia By Sandeep Joshi, MD and Jonathan S. Steinberg, MD Arrhythmia Service, Division of Cardiology

More information

Risk Stratification and Benefit of ICD-Therapy in Congestive Heart Failure Patients

Risk Stratification and Benefit of ICD-Therapy in Congestive Heart Failure Patients 120 April 2001 Risk Stratification and Benefit of ICD-Therapy in Congestive Heart Failure Patients P. SCHIRDEWAHN, G. HINDRICKS, H. KOTTKAMP Department of Cardiology, University of Leipzig Heart Center,

More information

Introduction An abnormal autonomic nervous system response in terms of heart rate recovery (HRR) during or after clinical exercise

Introduction An abnormal autonomic nervous system response in terms of heart rate recovery (HRR) during or after clinical exercise Combined assessment of heart rate recovery and T-wave alternans during routine exercise testing improves prediction of total and cardiovascular mortality: The Finnish Cardiovascular Study Johanna Leino,

More information

Tachycardias II. Štěpán Havránek

Tachycardias II. Štěpán Havránek Tachycardias II Štěpán Havránek Summary 1) Supraventricular (supraventricular rhythms) Atrial fibrillation and flutter Atrial ectopic tachycardia / extrabeats AV nodal reentrant a AV reentrant tachycardia

More information

PVCs: Do they cause Cardiomyopathy? Raed Abu Sham a, M.D.

PVCs: Do they cause Cardiomyopathy? Raed Abu Sham a, M.D. PVCs: Do they cause Cardiomyopathy? Raed Abu Sham a, M.D. Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist No conflict of interest related to this presentation Objectives 1. PVCs are benign. What is the Evidence?

More information

Medical Policy An independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Medical Policy An independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Page 1 of 44 Medical Policy An independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Title: See also: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Wearable Cardioverter

More information

CME Article Brugada pattern masking anterior myocardial infarction

CME Article Brugada pattern masking anterior myocardial infarction Electrocardiography Series Singapore Med J 2011; 52(9) : 647 CME Article Brugada pattern masking anterior myocardial infarction Seow S C, Omar A R, Hong E C T Cardiology Department, National University

More information

Microvolt T-wave alternans during exercise and pacing are not comparable

Microvolt T-wave alternans during exercise and pacing are not comparable Europace (2009) 11, 1375 1380 doi:10.1093/europace/eup253 CLINICAL RESEARCH T Wave Alternans Microvolt T-wave alternans during exercise and pacing are not comparable Karin Kraaier 1, Patrick M.J. Verhorst

More information

Sudden cardiac death: Primary and secondary prevention

Sudden cardiac death: Primary and secondary prevention Sudden cardiac death: Primary and secondary prevention By Kai Chi Chan Penultimate Year Medical Student St George s University of London at UNic Sheba Medical Centre Definition Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)

More information

Risk of sudden cardiac death. Original Article

Risk of sudden cardiac death. Original Article Risk of sudden cardiac death Roxana Sadeghi (1), Nadia Adnani (2), Mohammad-Reza Sohrabi (3), Saeed Alipour Parsa (1) Abstract Original Article BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine characteristics

More information

Medical Policy An Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

Medical Policy An Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Cardioverter-Defibrillators Page 1 of 32 Medical Policy An Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Title: Cardioverter-Defibrillators Professional Institutional Original Effective

More information

Case Report Suppression of Frequent Ventricular Ectopy in a Patient with Hypertrophic Heart Disease with Ranolazine: A Case Report

Case Report Suppression of Frequent Ventricular Ectopy in a Patient with Hypertrophic Heart Disease with Ranolazine: A Case Report www.ipej.org 84 Case Report Suppression of Frequent Ventricular Ectopy in a Patient with Hypertrophic Heart Disease with Ranolazine: A Case Report David K. Murdock, MD 1,2 and Jeffrey W. Kaliebe, MT(ASCP),

More information

Average T-wave alternans activity in ambulatory ECG records predicts sudden cardiac death in patients with chronic heart failure

Average T-wave alternans activity in ambulatory ECG records predicts sudden cardiac death in patients with chronic heart failure Average T-wave alternans activity in ambulatory ECG records predicts sudden cardiac death in patients with chronic heart failure Violeta Monasterio, PhD,* Pablo Laguna, PhD,* Iwona Cygankiewicz, MD, PhD,

More information

Several clinical trials show that implantable cardioverterdefibrillators

Several clinical trials show that implantable cardioverterdefibrillators Review Annals of Internal Medicine Meta-analysis: Age and Effectiveness of Prophylactic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Pasquale Santangeli, MD; Luigi Di Biase, MD; Antonio Dello Russo, MD; Michela

More information

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. Description

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. Description Subject: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Page: 1 of 41 Last Review Status/Date: December 2015 Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Description The automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator

More information

DEVELOPMENT OF SCREENING TOOL TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) RECEIVER

DEVELOPMENT OF SCREENING TOOL TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) RECEIVER DEVELOPMENT OF SCREENING TOOL TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) RECEIVER Tan Wei Kiat a, Megalla Packrisamy a, M. B Malarvili b,a Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering,

More information

Re: National Coverage Analysis (NCA) for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (CAG R4)

Re: National Coverage Analysis (NCA) for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (CAG R4) December 20, 2017 Ms. Tamara Syrek-Jensen Director, Coverage & Analysis Group Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 Re: National Coverage Analysis (NCA) for

More information

Long-Term Prognosis in Recipients of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators for Secondary Preventions in Taiwan A Multicenter Registry Study

Long-Term Prognosis in Recipients of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators for Secondary Preventions in Taiwan A Multicenter Registry Study Mini Forum for EPS Acta Cardiol Sin 2014;30:22 28 Long-Term Prognosis in Recipients of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators for Secondary Preventions in Taiwan A Multicenter Registry Study Tze-Fan Chao,

More information

Sudden Cardiac Death

Sudden Cardiac Death Sudden Cardiac Death management challenges of a global problem Zayd A. Eldadah, MD, PhD Co-Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Washington Hospital Center Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Georgetown

More information

/$ -see front matter 2011 Heart Rhythm Society. All rights reserved. doi: /j.hrthm

/$ -see front matter 2011 Heart Rhythm Society. All rights reserved. doi: /j.hrthm Mortality benefits from implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy are not restricted to patients with remote myocardial infarction: an analysis from the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial

More information

Sudden cardiac death accounts for approximately 50%

Sudden cardiac death accounts for approximately 50% Annals of Internal Medicine Article Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Primary and Secondary Prevention: A Systematic Review of Randomized, Controlled Trials Justin A. Ezekowitz, MB, BCh; Paul

More information

Εμφύτευση απινιδωτών για πρωτογενή πρόληψη σε ασθενείς που δεν περιλαμβάνονται στις κλινικές μελέτες

Εμφύτευση απινιδωτών για πρωτογενή πρόληψη σε ασθενείς που δεν περιλαμβάνονται στις κλινικές μελέτες Εμφύτευση απινιδωτών για πρωτογενή πρόληψη σε ασθενείς που δεν περιλαμβάνονται στις κλινικές μελέτες Δημήτριος M. Κωνσταντίνου Ειδικός Καρδιολόγος, MD, MSc, PhD, CCDS Πανεπιστημιακός Υπότροφος Dr. Konstantinou

More information

Diabetes Care 34: , 2011

Diabetes Care 34: , 2011 Pathophysiology/Complications O R I G I N A L A R T I C L E Reflex and Tonic Autonomic Markers for Risk Stratification in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Surviving Acute Myocardial Infarction PETRA BARTHEL,

More information

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a Management of malignant ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac arrest Richard I. Fogel, MD; Eric N. Prystowsky, MD Sudden cardiac death continues to be a major health problem in the United States, accounting

More information