Abstract
This prospective multicenter study was conducted under the Food and Drug Administration Investigational Device Exemption to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the combination of the Cadence implantable defibrillator (Ventritex, Inc.) and 60-series Endotak C leads (Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.). Implantation was attempted in 148 patients with hemodynamically compromising ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation (VF), or with pace-terminable ventricular tachycardia. The system was successfully implanted in 97% of patients, with 96% of implants in a transvenous-lead-alone configuration. At implantation, the defibrillation threshold was 455 +/- 94 V (14 +/- 6 J) for lead-alone patients and 532 +/- 40 V (19 +/- 3 J) for those requiring a subcutaneous patch. VF conversion efficacy was reconfirmed in patients who underwent a 3-month chronic induction study. The system successfully detected all 763 induced arrhythmias and terminated 99.5% of them; after system modification, successful conversion was demonstrated in the 2 patients who initially had induced episodes requiring external defibrillation (1 lead revision; 1 reprogramming). All spontaneous episodes were terminated with an implantable-cardioverter defibrillator. Postshock VF redete...Continue Reading
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