Abstract
In the MADIT study, a selected group of postinfarction patients with asymptomatic nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) has been shown to benefit from prophylactic ICD treatment. The present study analyzed the variability of NSVT in a patient population fulfilling the non-invasive MADIT criteria. Three consecutive Holter ECGs were performed in weekly intervals in 68 postinfarction patients with an LVEF < or = 0.35. Patients with NSVT underwent programmed ventricular stimulation (PVS); patients were implanted with an ICD if sustained VT or VF was inducible. If NSVT was found in at least two recordings, the arrhythmia was defined as reproducible. In 28 (41%) of the 68 patients, NSVT was found in at least one recording. Seventeen patients revealed NSVT in the first, the remaining 11 in the second registration; no patient had NSVT only in the third Holter. Of the patients with NSVT, 50% had only one, 39% had two, and 11% had three positive recordings. Thus, reproducible NSVT was found in only 50% of the patients with NSVT. Predictors for reproducibility were LVEF > 0.27, NYHA Class I, absence of digitalis therapy, and > 2 NSVT per 24-hour period. Reproducible NSVT was not associated with risk factors such as elevated mean hea...Continue Reading
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